Overview
- Foreign Office spokesperson Tahir Hussain Andrabi said Pakistan will not negotiate with groups such as the TTP and BLA, while maintaining dialogue with the Afghan authorities.
- Trade and transit with Afghanistan will remain suspended until all terrorist safe havens on Afghan soil are eliminated, according to the Foreign Office.
- The government reports a rise in attacks since the Taliban takeover and accuses elements within the Afghan regime of supporting anti-Pakistan groups and stoking Pashtun nationalism.
- Talks with the Afghan Taliban concluded in Istanbul on November 7 without binding guarantees despite mediation by Qatar and Turkiye, with a ceasefire still in effect.
- A joint Intelligence Bureau–CTD operation in Islamabad apprehended four suspects with Afghan links tied to the G-11 Judicial Complex suicide attack.