Pakistan confirms failed talks with Afghanistan, accusing Kabul of backtracking on commitments to combat cross-border terrorism.

The threat of war between Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban is looming once again. Meetings between the two sides, mediated by Qatar and Turkey, have ended without any results.

The two committed to stop attacking each other after the worst outbreak of hostilities in years. But the underlying causes remain, analysts warn.

Pakistan said Wednesday that negotiations for a lasting truce with Afghanistan had "failed to bring about a workable solution", warning it would take steps to protect its people."The dialogue thus failed to bring about any workable solution.

United States President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly sought credit for resolving global conflicts, also waded in, saying he would “solve the Afghanistan-Pakistan crisis very quickly”, while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Nations (ASEAN) summit in Malaysia earlier in the week.

Confessions once buried in diplomatic shadows surface in Turkey, reshaping how Afghanistan reads the skies above Kabul.

Pakistan has reportedly admitted to an agreement with an unnamed \"foreign country\" permitting drone strikes on Afghan soil during TTP assaults. This r

Donald Trump on Sunday (October 26, 2025) praised Pakistan’s PM Shehbaz Sharif and Army Chief Asim Munir as 'great people' and said he would 'quickly' work to resolve the Pakistan-Afghanistan conflict.