ISLAMABAD: Islamabad has agreed to extend peace talks with the Afghan Taliban in Istanbul at the request of its hosts, a security official said on Thursday, adding that negotiations would continue on Islamabad’s key demand that Kabul take “clear, verifiable and effective action” against militants using Afghan soil for attacks inside Pakistan. Talks between representatives from Pakistan and Afghanistan, which were mediated by Turkiye and Qatar, began on Oct.

ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan and Pakistan officials met in Istanbul on Monday for a third day of talks after failing to clinch a lasting peace, three sources familiar with the matter…

ISLAMABAD: A deadlock between Pakistan and Afghanistan persists as the Kabul administration has not given an “encouraging response,” a Pakistani security official said on Tuesday,…