"In a statement thanking Turkiye and Qatar for mediating the talks, Tarar maintained that the Afghan Taliban has failed to meet pledges it made with the international community about curbing terrorism under a 2021 Doha peace accord. Tarar said that Pakistan will not support any steps by the Taliban government that are not in the interest of the Afghan people or neighboring countries."
"Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Tahir Andrabi said Afghanistan initiated the shooting. Pakistan remains committed to ongoing dialogue and expects reciprocity from Afghan authorities, Pakistan's Ministry of Information said. The ministry said the ceasefire remained intact. Andrabi said Pakistan's national security adviser, Asim Malik, is leading the Pakistani delegation in the talks with Afghanistan. The Afghan side is being led by Abdul Haq Wasiq, director of general intelligence, acc"
"Ali Mohammad Haqmal, head of the Information and Culture Department in Spin Boldak, blamed Pakistan for initiating the shooting. However, he said Afghan forces did not respond amid ongoing peace talks between the two sides in Istanbul."
Four Afghan civilians were killed and five others wounded in clashes between Pakistani and Afghan forces along the shared border. Talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan in Istanbul reached a deadlock after both sides accused the other of mounting border clashes that risked breaching a Qatar-brokered ceasefire. Pakistan maintains that the Afghan Taliban failed to meet Doha accord pledges on curbing terrorism and says it will not support Taliban actions harmful to Afghans or neighboring states. Afghan officials blamed Pakistan for initiating the shooting while Pakistan said Afghanistan initiated it; both sides reiterated commitment to dialogue.
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