Overview
- Qatar announced both sides also committed to mechanisms intended to support durable peace and border stability, with Qatar and Turkey acknowledged as mediators.
- Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the accord includes no hostile acts by either side, no support for groups attacking Pakistan, and no targeting of security forces or civilians.
- UNAMA reported 37 civilians killed and 425 injured on the Afghan side during the recent cross-border fighting.
- Kabul accused Pakistan of breaking an earlier two-day truce with strikes in Paktika that killed at least 10 civilians, while Pakistani security sources confirmed precision air strikes on Afghan soil.
- Border crossings remain closed and trade is largely halted, though residents along key routes report a return to calm and hope for reopening under the new truce.