Overview
- A 48-hour ceasefire that started at 6pm local time on October 15 is set to lapse at 13:00 GMT on Friday, with both sides saying the pause has largely held.
- Pakistani police and security officials said a suicide car bomber and gunmen linked to the TTP attacked a military compound in Mir Ali, reporting seven soldiers killed and 13 wounded, while the army has not yet issued a statement.
- The TTP claimed responsibility for the Mir Ali assault, and local accounts described a car bomb at the base’s outer wall followed by an attempted breach that was repelled.
- Qatar has offered to host talks in Doha, and Pakistan’s Foreign Office says Islamabad and Kabul are engaged in constructive dialogue after Pakistan asserted the truce was requested by the Afghan side.
- UNAMA reported 37 civilians killed and 425 wounded in Afghanistan during this week’s cross‑border fighting, as Pakistan insists its strikes targeted militant positions and continues to press Kabul to curb TTP sanctuaries.