Al Jazeera and Tolo News reported on November 8 that, under the mediation of Qatar and Turkey, border-related negotiations between Afghanistan and Pakistan continued in Istanbul on November 6-7 but did not make substantial progress. The Pakistani side believes that Afghanistan has not fulfilled its commitment to combat terrorism in the Doha Peace Agreement, harboring the Pakistani Taliban (TTP), leading to dozens of deadly attacks in Pakistan. The Pakistani side emphasized that it will take "all necessary measures" to protect its people and sovereignty, but pledged that "as long as there are no attacks from within Afghanistan, the current ceasefire agreement will remain valid." The Afghan side accused Pakistan of being "irresponsible and uncooperative," believing that Pakistan is transferring its own security responsibilities to the Afghan government, and denied harboring the TTP. Afghanistan reiterated that it would not allow its territory to be used to threaten the security of other countries, and stated that it will continue to abide by the ceasefire agreement. According to the United Nations, the conflict between Pakistan and Afghanistan that broke out in early October has resulted in 50 civilian deaths and 447 injuries on the Afghan side of the border. The Pakistani military said that 23 soldiers were killed and 29 injured in the attacks, but did not mention civilian casualties. It is worth noting that the Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs recently stated that it is assessing "how to strengthen the operational capacity of the Indian embassy in Afghanistan," and will resume the regular operations of the embassy after the assessment is completed.
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