Pakistan and Afghanistan Friday agreed to ensure maintenance of a ceasefire on the border and resume talks to salvage the peace process that hit snags early this week, according to a report.

A second round of discussions between Pakistani and Afghan Taliban delegations had begun in Istanbul Saturday, but failed after Pakistan accused the Taliban of showing reluctance to give assurances to stop cross-border attacks.

A joint statement released by Türkiye, the host of the latest round of talks, early Friday stated “further modalities of the implementation will be discussed and decided” during a principal-level meeting in Istanbul November 6, Dawn reported Friday.

Though the statement didn’t specify who the “principals” would be, it is expected that it meant the defence ministers of the two

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