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Pakistan agrees to resume talks with Afghan Taleban in Istanbul

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30/10/2025

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30/10/2025

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Local journalists gather for an online press conference with Afghan Defence Minister Mullah Muhammad Yaqoob after he signed a ceasefire agreement with his Pakistani counterpart Khawaja Asif in Qatar, at the Government Media Center in Kabul, Afghanistan on Oct 19. (AP)

ISLAMABAD, Oct 30, (Xinhua): Pakistan has agreed to resume the dialogue process with the Afghan Taleban in Istanbul, Türkiye, following a request from the Afghan Taliban and the host country, Pakistani security sources told Xinhua on Thursday.

The sources said the Pakistani delegation, which was earlier scheduled to depart, will now stay in Istanbul to continue the discussions. "It has been decided to resume the negotiation process to give peace another chance," one source said.

The upcoming round of talks will focus on Pakistan's core demand that Afghanistan take clear, verifiable, and effective action against terrorist groups operating from its soil, the sources added.

Pakistan's Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar said Wednesday that the latest round of Pakistan-Afghanistan dialogue held in Istanbul "failed to bring about any workable solution."