Overview
- Delegations reconvened Thursday in Istanbul to finalise a ceasefire implementation and monitoring system, according to Turkish officials.
- A brief exchange of fire was reported near Spin Boldak/Chaman during the talks, with both sides trading blame over who shot first.
- An Afghan hospital official told AFP that five people were killed and six wounded, including four women among the dead.
- Pakistan’s Information Ministry said Afghan forces initiated the incident and that its response was measured, a claim Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid rejected.
- Pakistan’s team is reported led by ISI chief Lt. Gen. Asim Malik and Afghanistan’s by intelligence chief Abdul Haq Wasiq, as Islamabad presses its demand to curb TTP use of Afghan soil and major crossings remain largely closed.