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Ankara, Oct 31 (AP) Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to maintain a ceasefire following peace talks in Istanbul, Turkey’s Foreign Ministry has announced, after a dialogue between the two sides collapsed earlier in the week.

The sides plan to meet again at a higher-level gathering in Istanbul on Nov 6 to finalise how the ceasefire will be implemented, the ministry said in a statement released on behalf of Pakistan, Afghanistan and mediators Turkey and Qatar on Thursday.

“All parties have agreed to put in place a monitoring and verification mechanism that will ensure maintenance of peace and imposing penalty on the violating party," the statement read.

The new round of negotiations, facilitated by Turkey and other friendly nations, was aimed at easing border te

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