Overview
- Both sides have agreed to keep the Doha truce in place and meet in Istanbul on Nov. 6 to try to finalize a monitoring and verification framework under Turkish‑Qatari facilitation.
- Pakistan has restated its single demand that Afghan territory not be used for attacks, with the army’s spokesperson calling this the non‑negotiable basis for progress.
- Senior delegations are engaged, with Pakistan’s team led by ISI chief and National Security Adviser Lt Gen Asim Malik and the Afghan side led by intelligence chief Abdul Haq Wasiq alongside other prominent figures.
- The agenda includes verification tools, intelligence sharing and a penalty regime after earlier Istanbul rounds stalled, as Pakistani officials warn that failure could trigger tougher responses.
- Pakistan’s military reports from recent border clashes cite 206 Afghan Taliban fighters and about 110–112 TTP militants killed, figures offered to underscore concerns over cross‑border infiltration.