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Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry has expressed optimism that the next round of talks with the Taliban, scheduled for next week in Istanbul, will produce “positive results.”

The Taliban’s embassy in Islamabad has claimed that Pakistani police have detained more than 10,000 Afghan migrants amid rising tensions between the two countries.

Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has warned the Taliban against proceeding unilaterally with plans to build a dam on the Kunar River, saying Kabul “cannot disregard Pakistan’s water rights.”

Türkiye’s Foreign Ministry has announced that Pakistan and the Taliban have agreed to continue observing the ceasefire reached earlier this month, though key issues remain unresolved.

Taliban Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani has accused Pakistan of running “brazen propaganda and provocations” against the group, saying some individuals in Pakistan are fuelling conflict.

Pakistan’s army chief, Gen. Asim Munir, has accused Afghanistan’s Taliban of supporting militants allegedly backed by India, warning that Islamabad will not allow Afghan soil to be used for terrorist activities against Pakistan.

India’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Randhir Jaiswal, has criticised Pakistan’s recent actions against the Taliban, calling them “unacceptable” and a violation of Afghanistan’s sovereignty.

Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said that peace talks with the Taliban could resume in Istanbul if the Taliban authorities show a change in attitude towards cross-border attacks.

Pakistan’s military said on Thursday that Qari Amjad, also known as Mufti Muzahim, a senior leader of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), was killed during a security operation in Bajaur district near the Afghan border.

Iran has exported fuel to Afghanistan by rail for the first time, marking what officials described as a milestone in bilateral economic cooperation.

Pakistan and the Taliban have agreed to resume peace talks in Istanbul following mediation efforts by Turkiye, Reuters reported on Thursday, citing three informed sources.

Tolatbek Musadikov, Deputy Secretary-General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), has warned that threats emanating from Afghanistan have not yet been eliminated. He said that instability in the country continues to endanger the borders of CSTO member states.

Fighting has again broken out among Taliban forces in Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province.

The Taliban’s Supreme Court said on Wednesday that two women and three men were publicly flogged in Afghanistan’s Ghor and Balkh provinces on charges of “moral corruption” and “alcohol trafficking.”

Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has issued a sharp warning to the Taliban, threatening their complete destruction and saying Pakistan could force them to “flee back to the Tora Bora caves.”

Pakistan’s Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Attaullah Tarar, announced on Tuesday that four days of negotiations with the “Afghan Taliban regime” in Istanbul had ended without agreement.

A new study has revealed that 49 relatives or colleagues of Afghans whose personal data was leaked by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) were killed as a result of the exposure.

Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, leader of the Islamic Party of Afghanistan, has urged Pakistan to adopt a “new, constructive, and lasting” policy toward Afghanistan amid growing tensions between Islamabad and the Taliban.

The Taliban’s Ministry of Interior warned Tuesday that any attack by Pakistan would be met with a “decisive and powerful response,” describing it as a “lesson for Pakistan and a warning for others.”

Pakistan and the Taliban have blamed each other for the failure of three days of talks in Istanbul aimed at securing a long-term ceasefire and easing cross-border tensions.

Peace talks between the Taliban and Pakistan in Istanbul have ended without reaching a long-term ceasefire agreement, according to media outlets close to the Taliban and Pakistani security sources cited by Reuters.