ISLAmABAD: Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Wednesday confirmed that a delegation from the country had departed for Istanbul to hold talks with the Afghan Taliban aimed at resolving current tensions between the two neighbours, Dawn reported.

A second round of discussions between Pakistani and Afghan Taliban delegations began in Istanbul on October 25, following days of border hostilities.

However, Islamabad’s long-standing concern over terror attacks emanating from Afghan soil remained a key point of contention, resulting in a stalemate, Dawn stated.

A breakthrough was reached after Turkiye and Qatar intervened to revive the dialogue process for the second time in less than a week. This came after Pakistan announced on October 29 that the talks had “failed” and that its negot

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