Overview
- Deputy PM Ishaq Dar said he received six calls from Afghan FM Amir Khan Muttaqi and reiterated Pakistan’s single demand that Afghan territory not be used for attacks on Pakistan.
- Pakistan’s military spokesman Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry restated the demand as non-negotiable, reported high militant casualties in recent clashes, and warned of other options if talks stall.
- The latest Istanbul round, hosted by Türkiye with Qatar, ended without a deal, yet the Doha-brokered ceasefire remains in force through November 6.
- Mediators plan to use the next session to define monitoring, verification and penalty mechanisms to enforce the truce.
- Taliban officials deny the TTP operates from Afghan soil as both sides trade blame over the stalemate, and Pakistan rejects reports of any secret arrangement permitting US drone use of its airspace.