Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khwaja Asif has said that peace talks with Afghanistan, held in Istanbul to prevent renewed border clashes, have collapsed. Speaking to GEO News on Friday, he stated that the ceasefire would remain in place only as long as no attacks are launched from Afghan territory.

The development came hours after Asif earlier issued a stark warning that if the negotiations collapsed, it would force them to get into a 'war' with the Taliban.

The minister's blunt remarks came during an interview with Geo TV on the eve of the third round of dialogue, after two earlier rounds in Doha and Istanbul that ended without a breakthrough. "If the negotiations fail, the situation will deteriorate further. We have our options. Considering how we are being targeted, we may respond in

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