Pakistan’s Defence Minister warned Afghanistan on Wednesday (October 29, 2025) that any new “terrorist or suicide attack” by militants on Pakistani soil would draw a stern response, hours after talks between them in Istanbul failed to secure a peace agreement.
Earlier this month, Pakistan's military launched attacks on what it said were hideouts of the Pakistani Taliban in Afghanistan, killing dozens of people whom it described as insurgents. Afghanistan said the people killed were civilians and struck Pakistani military posts in response, claiming 58 Pakistani soldiers were killed. Pakistan's military said it lost 23 soldiers in the border fighting.
The two sides agreed to a ceasefire brokered by countries including Qatar on October 19 in Doha, followed by four days of talks in Istanbul that ended inconclusively.
At least 5 soldiers, 25 militants killed: Pakistan reports border clashes with Afghanistan amid Istanbul talks
In a post on X, Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Mohammad Asif told Afghanistan’s Taliban Government that “any terrorist attack or suicide bombing inside Pakistan shall give you the bitter taste of such misadventures.”
