Overview

• Qatar announced an immediate halt to hostilities and the creation of mechanisms to consolidate peace and monitor compliance.
• Pakistan’s defense minister said both sides would respect each other’s sovereignty and confirmed a follow‑up meeting planned in Istanbul next Saturday.
• Islamabad ended a prior 48‑hour pause with airstrikes in Afghanistan’s Paktika province after a suicide bombing in Pakistan killed seven security personnel.
• Afghan officials reported at least ten civilian deaths from the strikes and said three cricket players were among the dead, while Pakistan described the attacks as precise and denied civilian targeting.
• Pakistan said it targeted the Hafiz Gul Bahadur faction linked to the TTP, as both governments maintain opposing claims over militant safe havens along the Durand Line.