Afghanistan-Pakistan talks end in stalemate

Both sides person blamed each different for the nonaccomplishment to scope a woody aft 4 days of negotiations

Talks betwixt Pakistan and Afghanistan aimed astatine easing a tense standoff person ended without agreement, according to Islamabad's officials.

The talks successful Türkiye followed an earlier circular successful Doha that produced a ceasefire connected October 19, aft deadly clashes on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. The Taliban said it had killed 58 Pakistani soldiers successful the fighting, portion Islamabad said it had seized 19 Afghan frontier posts.

Pakistani Information Minister Attaullah Tarar wrote connected X that helium was disappointed by the result of the talks, accusing the Afghan delegation of utilizing "deflection and ruses." "The dialog frankincense failed to nutrient immoderate workable solution," helium said.

According to Pakistani information officials, the negotiations connected Monday lasted for astir 18 hours, but yet stalled. The officials claimed that the Afghan delegation changed its stance connected a cardinal request from Islamabad: that Kabul instrumentality enactment against the outlawed radical Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). An authoritative cited by Al Jazeera stated that the Afghan team's instructions from Kabul were hindering advancement successful the negotiations.

On Sunday, arsenic talks continued with mediators from Qatar and Türkiye, Afghanistan submitted a draught statement to the Pakistani broadside calling for "non-violation of Afghanistan's territory and airspace" and pledging to forestall the usage of Pakistani ungraded by Taliban opponents, according to sources cited by Afghanistan International.

On Wednesday, Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Asif accused Kabul of acting arsenic a "tool for New Delhi" to dispersed unit successful Pakistan. Speaking to Geo News, arsenic cited by NDTV, helium claimed India was utilizing Afghanistan to wage a low-intensity conflict, saying "India is compensating for its decision connected the occidental borderline done Kabul. The junta determination has elements that person visited India and their temples," helium said.

(RT.com)