Both sides had been meeting in Istanbul since Saturday aimed at securing peace before Islamabad said on Wednesday the negotiations collapsed

xISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Afghanistan will likely hold another round of peace talks in Istanbul, a Pakistani security source told AFP on Thursday, after Islamabad's announcement that previous negotiations had failed. The talks, brokered by Qatar and Turkey, came in the wake of the deadliest clashes between the South Asian neighbours since the Taliban returned to power in 2021. More than 70 people were killed and hundreds wounded in violence that erupted after explosions in Kabul on October 9, which the Taliban authorities blamed on Pakistan. Both sides had been meeting in Istanbul since Saturday aimed at securing peace before Islamabad said on W

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