Afghan refugees wait with their belongings to cross the Pakistan-Afghanistan border near Chaman, Oct 29. (AP Photo)

Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to extend their ceasefire for at least another week following talks in Turkiye, according to the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The ministry said in a joint statement, issued on behalf of Pakistan, Afghanistan and mediators Turkiye and Qatar, that the two sides would meet again on November 6 in Istanbul to finalise the implementation framework for the truce.

“All parties have agreed to put in place a monitoring and verification mechanism that will ensure maintenance of peace and impose a penalty on the violating party,” the statement said, as reported by Al Jazeera .

The weeklong border conflict earlier this month had erupted a

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