Overview

• Qatar’s Foreign Ministry announced that both sides committed to an immediate halt to hostilities during talks in Doha.
• The parties agreed to establish mechanisms intended to sustain peace and to hold near-term sessions to verify compliance.
• Pakistan’s defense minister confirmed the truce and said delegations will reconvene in Istanbul on October 25 to discuss details.
• Reuters, citing Pakistani security and Afghan Taliban sources, reported the ceasefire has been extended until the Doha discussions conclude.
• The agreement comes after an early-October escalation that included reported Pakistani strikes in Paktika, heavy fighting along the Durand Line, and conflicting claims about TTP leader Noor Wali Mehsud’s fate.