DOHA TALKS TO FOLLOW DAYS OF FIERCE FIGHTING
The truce, which first took impact on Wednesday, paused a number of days of heavy cross-border combating that killed dozens and wounded a whole lot.
Neither Pakistan’s navy nor Afghanistan’s defence ministry commented on the upcoming talks.
“On this state of affairs, issues are shifting rapidly. If dialogue is to happen someplace, we’ll share info on the proper time,” stated a Pakistani overseas workplace spokesperson in Islamabad.
“However at this level, I’ve no particular info to share,” he added.
LONG-SIMMERING TENSIONS
As soon as shut allies, Islamabad and Kabul have exchanged artillery and airstrikes throughout their frontier in latest weeks earlier than agreeing to the short-term truce that expired on Friday afternoon.
Pakistan says militants primarily based in Afghanistan have intensified assaults inside its territory and has demanded that the Taliban authorities rein them in.
The Taliban denies harbouring militants, accusing Pakistan of spreading misinformation, upsetting tensions, and backing Islamic State-linked teams to destabilise Afghanistan, allegations Islamabad rejects.
