Overview
- Speaking at the White House during a lunch with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President Trump said he could swiftly end the Pakistan–Afghanistan confrontation and called it an easy problem for him.
- Afghan officials told AFP that Pakistani airstrikes in Paktika late Friday killed at least eight to ten people and violated a 48‑hour ceasefire that had been briefly extended.
- Both governments extended the truce for the duration of negotiations and dispatched high‑level delegations to Doha, with Taliban defense chief Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob and Pakistan’s defense minister Khawaja Asif set to participate.
- Trump repeated his claim that he has solved eight wars and lamented not receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, while Pakistan’s defense minister publicly said Trump would be welcome to look into the dispute.
- Framing broader peacemaking efforts, Trump also said he plans to meet Vladimir Putin in Budapest in a bid to try to end the Russia–Ukraine war.