【By Observer News, Chen Sijia】Last week, Pakistan and Afghanistan began a new round of dialogue in Istanbul, Turkey. On October 29 local time, Pakistan's Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Attaullah Khan Tarar, announced that this round of dialogue "failed to reach any feasible solution."

According to the Dawn newspaper on the 29th, Tarar stated on the social media platform X that during the dialogue, Pakistan repeatedly contacted the Afghan side regarding cross-border activities of terrorist organizations such as the Pakistani Taliban and the Baloch Liberation Army, but the Afghan side did not make clear guarantees on combating these terrorist organizations. He accused the Afghan Taliban government of constantly deviating from the core issues and adopting a negative attitude towards Pakistan.

As of now, the Afghan side has not responded to Pakistan's statement.

Tarar stated in his statement that, in order to "give peace a chance," Pakistan, at the request of Qatar and Turkey, had engaged with the Afghan Taliban in Doha and Istanbul. Pakistan asked the Afghan government to take measures to prevent terrorist organizations from using Afghan territory as a "training and logistics base and a stepping stone for terrorist activities within Pakistan."

"Pakistan provided sufficient and irrefutable evidence, which was acknowledged by the Afghan Taliban and the host country of the dialogue. Unfortunately, the Afghan side did not make any guarantees," Tarar said. "The Afghan side continuously deviated from the core issues and avoided key points to initiate the dialogue process. The Taliban are unwilling to take any responsibility, instead shifting blame, changing the subject, and playing tricks. Therefore, no feasible solution was reached in the dialogue."

He warned that Pakistan's patience had run out, "People's safety is crucial for Pakistan. We will continue to take all necessary measures to protect our people from the threat of terrorism. We guarantee that the Pakistani government will continue to use all necessary resources to completely eliminate terrorists, their strongholds, their instigators, and supporters."

On October 12, Pakistani soldiers patrolling the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Visual China

Shortly before Tarar made this statement, on the 28th, Pakistan's Defense Minister, Khawaja Asif, had said that Pakistan and Afghanistan were about to reach an agreement, "but the Afghan delegation changed its mind after contacting Kabul."

On the 29th, Asif also issued a strongly worded statement on social media, claiming, "I can assure you, Pakistan does not even need to use a small part of its entire arsenal to completely destroy the Taliban government in Afghanistan and drive them back into the caves." He warned that any organization that launched terrorist attacks within Pakistan would "pay a price for this reckless act."

During the negotiations, Asif had issued a "war" threat to Afghanistan. In a TV speech on the 25th, he said, "Afghanistan wants peace. But if we fail to reach an agreement in Istanbul, it will mean open war." However, Pakistan has not taken any action so far.

As of now, the Afghan Taliban government has not responded to Pakistan's statement.

The Dawn newspaper cited sources saying that Pakistan and Afghanistan "have reached agreement on most points," but there remain differences over taking verifiable actions against terrorist organizations operating within Afghanistan. According to the sources, the talks broke down late on the 27th, with the Afghan delegation refusing to include anything in the documents, especially providing verifiable assurances to stop supporting the TTP.

Afghan news website 'Dawn' reported on the 29th, citing sources from the Afghan side, that disagreements on several final clauses led to the breakdown of the talks. According to these sources, Afghanistan promised not to allow anyone to use its territory to attack Pakistan, and requested Pakistan to stop violating Afghan airspace and prevent American drones from flying, but Pakistan rejected these demands.

Sources from the Afghan side also said that Pakistan proposed "unacceptable demands" for the Afghan government to designate the TTP as a terrorist organization and take action against it. The Afghan government's Defense Minister, Mohammad Yakub Mujahid, accused Pakistan of "using the terrorism label to target their opponents for political purposes."

Recently, armed clashes have frequently occurred in the border areas between Pakistan and Afghanistan, resulting in dozens of deaths and hundreds of injuries. This is the most serious violent incident between the two countries since the Taliban took power in Afghanistan in 2021. On October 15, the governments of Pakistan and Afghanistan separately issued statements announcing a temporary 48-hour ceasefire.

On October 18, under the mediation of Qatar and Turkey, Pakistan and Afghanistan held talks in Doha, Qatar, and both sides agreed to an immediate ceasefire and establish mechanisms to consolidate lasting peace and stability between the two countries. On the 19th, officials from the governments of Pakistan and Afghanistan separately confirmed that the two sides had reached a ceasefire agreement.

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