New Delhi: The weekend Doha talks did produce an immediate ceasefire between Pakistan and Afghanistan with an agreement to hold follow‑up meetings and verification mechanisms to sustain the truce, but did not mention any specific international borderline.

This will likely weigh upon the delegations from these neighbours meeting for another round of peace talks on October 25 in Istanbul, with Turkey and Qatar as negotiators.

The participants will need to address deep structural issues such as border demarcation disputes, militant sanctuaries, and mutual distrust remain unresolved and could rekindle violence if follow‑up talks stall.

Earlier, dozens of people were reported killed and hundreds wounded along the demarcating Durand Line, with many families forced to flee in what was the wor

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