"Peace talks between Afghanistan and Pakistan ended in a stalemate on Friday, with Afghanistan's Taliban goverrnment blaming the impasse on Islamabad's "irresponsible and uncooperative" approach. Representatives of two neighboring countries met on Thursday in Turkey in a bid to secure a truce they had agreed to on October 19 after border clashes resulted in casualties on both sides. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid laid the blame with Pakistan."
""During the discussions, the Pakistani side attempted to shift all responsibility for its security to the Afghan government, while showing no willingness to take responsibility for either Afghanistan's security or its own," Mujahid said. But despite the talks failing, the spokesman said the ceasfire "will hold." Mujahid said "there is no issue" with the ceasefire, as he thanked Qatar and Turkey for their mediation roles."
"In an interview with Pakistan's independent Geo news channel, Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Asif told that "as we speak, the talks are over." However, he also said the ceasefire will continue until the Afghan side breaches it. Neither country has shared details of the negotiations in Turkey. On Thursday, Pakistan Information Minister Attaullah Tarar had hinted that the negotiations were falling through, saying that Afghanistan had "so far failed" to fulfil its pledges to clamp down on terrorism. "Pakistan shall continue to exercise all options necessary to safeguard the security of its people and its sovereignty," he said."
Peace talks between Afghanistan and Pakistan ended in a stalemate after meetings in Turkey aimed at securing a truce agreed on October 19 following deadly border clashes. The Taliban blamed Pakistan, accusing Islamabad of being "irresponsible and uncooperative" and of trying to shift security responsibility onto Afghanistan while refusing responsibility for either country's security. The Taliban spokesman said the ceasefire will hold and thanked Qatar and Turkey for mediation. Pakistan's defense minister said the talks were over but the ceasefire would continue until breached. Pakistan's information minister said Afghanistan had failed to fulfil pledges to clamp down on terrorism and warned Pakistan would protect its sovereignty.
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