Overview
- Turkey, co-mediating with Qatar, said both sides will maintain the ceasefire and decide its implementation at a high‑level meeting in Istanbul on November 6.
- The agenda includes a monitoring and verification mechanism with sanctions for violations, according to the Turkish Foreign Ministry.
- Islamabad had declared the talks failed earlier this week, but it agreed to resume discussions at the hosts’ request, while Kabul’s spokesman called the process complex and confirmed plans to reconvene.
- Recent cross‑border fighting has left dozens dead after an initial ceasefire was brokered in Qatar with terms that still require clarification.
- The border has been shut for two weeks, stranding freight traffic, as Pakistan demands action against the TTP and Taliban officials deny the charge and accuse Islamabad of backing regional Islamic State elements.