PM Sharif says ball in Afghanistan’s court as Qatar helps ease tensions between two countries

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Thursday his country’s international partners, particularly Qatar, were playing a role in efforts to resolve ongoing hostilities with Afghanistan, adding that Islamabad had agreed to a 48-hour ceasefire announced a day earlier at Kabul’s request and that “the ball is now in their court.” Relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan have sharply deteriorated in recent years, with Islamabad accusing Kabul of sheltering fighters from the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and separatist Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), allowing them to stage cross-

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