ANKARA: Four Afghan civilians were killed and five others wounded in an overnight clash between Pakistani and Afghan forces along their shared border, an Afghan official said Friday, in a sign of rising tension between the two as they hold peace talks in Istanbul. However, a tense calm largely prevailed along the Chaman border in southwest Pakistan, where the two sides briefly exchanged fire Thursday night, with both sides blaming the other for the breach of last month’s ceasefire brokered by Qatar.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s negotiating team is in Istanbul to begin a new round of peace talks with Afghanistan on Thursday, Defense Minister Khawaja Asif said, reaffirming that…

ISLAMABAD/KABUL: Afghanistan and Pakistan will resume peace talks in Istanbul on Thursday, both nations said, after a previous round ended without agreeing a lasting truce.…

Afghanistan and Pakistan exchange fire amid peace talks in Istanbul, raising tensions despite commitments to ceasefire and dialogue.

ISLAMABAD: The governments of Pakistan and Afghanistan accused each other of violting their ceasefire via unprovoked firing at the border on Thursday, as delegations from both…

The truce talks are aimed at finalising a ceasefire reached in Qatar last month following deadly clashes.

KABUL: Five people were killed and six were wounded in brief cross-border fire between Afghanistan and Pakistan on Thursday, a hospital official on the Afghan side told AFP, in an…

ANKARA: Four Afghan civilians were killed and five others wounded in an overnight clash between Pakistani and Afghan forces along their shared border, an Afghan official said…

Afghan official says four Afghan civilians were killed and five others wounded in border clashes.

KABUL: Afghanistan’s Taliban government said Saturday the latest round of peace talks with Pakistan had failed, blaming Islamabad’s “irresponsible and uncooperative” approach and…