Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Monday stated that Islamabad currently has “no ties” with Kabul after an unprovoked attack on the Pak-Afghan border over the weekend, according to Dawn .

Speaking on Geo News’ Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada ke Saath , Asif described the situation as a stalemate. “You can say there are no active hostilities, but the environment is hostile. There are no ties, direct or indirect, as of today,” he said. He warned that hostilities could resume “at any time” and stressed that dialogue under threats is unacceptable. “If Afghanistan wants negotiations while threatening Pakistan at the same time, then they should act on their threats and we’ll negotiate after,” Asif added.

Defending Pakistan’s military response, he said: “This is a natural thing. If you are a

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