Truce talks between Afghanistan and Pakistan collapse in Istanbul

Peace talks betwixt Afghanistan and Pakistan ended successful Istanbul without a deal, Pakistans accusation curate said connected Wednesday, blaming Kabuls delegation for obstructing progress. The nonaccomplishment of the negotiations casts uncertainty connected efforts to stabilise relations betwixt the uneasy South Asian neighbours.

Talks aimed astatine securing a semipermanent truce betweenAfghanistanandPakistanconcluded successful Istanbul without a workable solution, Pakistans accusation curate said connected Wednesday, successful a stroke for bid successful the portion aft deadly clashes this month.

The talks were aimed astatine reaching lasting bid betwixt the South Asian neighbours aft dozens were killed on their borderline successful the worst specified unit since theTalibantook powerfulness successful Kabul successful 2021.

The Afghan broadside kept deviating from the halfway issue, evading the cardinal constituent upon which the dialog process was initiated, Pakistans Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said successful a connection aboriginal connected Wednesday.

Instead of accepting immoderate responsibility, the Afghan Taliban resorted to blasted game, deflection and ruses. The dialog frankincense failed to bring astir immoderate workable solution, Tarar said.

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Afghanistans overseas and defence ministries did not instantly respond to requests from Reuters for remark connected Tarars statement.

Both nations agreed to a ceasefire brokered inDohaon October 19, but could not find communal crushed successful a 2nd circular of talks mediated by Turkey and Qatar inIstanbul, Afghan and Pakistani sources briefed connected the contented told Reuters connected Tuesday, with each blaming the different for the failure.

A Pakistani information root said the Taliban had been unwilling to perpetrate to reining successful the Pakistani Taliban, a abstracted militant radical hostile to Pakistan that Islamabad says operates with impunity wrong Afghanistan.

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An Afghan root acquainted with the talks said they had ended aft tense exchanges implicit the issue, adding that the Afghan broadside said it had nary power implicit the Pakistani Taliban, which has launched attacks against Pakistani troops successful caller weeks.

The sources sought anonymity arsenic they were not authorised to talk publicly.

The October clashes began aft Pakistani aerial strikes this period onKabul, the Afghan capital, among different locations, targeting the caput of the Pakistani Taliban.

The Taliban responded with attacks connected Pakistani subject posts on the magnitude of the 2,600-km (1,600 miles) border.

On Saturday, Pakistansdefence ministersaid helium believed Afghanistan wanted bid but that nonaccomplishment to scope an statement successful Istanbul would mean unfastened war.

Despite a ceasefire betwixt Pakistan and the Taliban, play clashes killed 5 Pakistani soldiers and 25 Pakistani Taliban militants adjacent the borderline with Afghanistan, the subject said connected Sunday.

(FRANCE 24 with Reuters)

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