Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has broached the possibility of a full-scale war with Afghanistan as peace talks continued on Saturday. Both sides had agreed to a ceasefire last week after deadly border clashes killed dozens of people. The second round of discussions commenced in the Turkish city of Istanbul on Saturday.

“I had a meeting with Afghan officials two hours ago. The results will be clear by tomorrow. If matters are not settled, there will be war. We have the option, if no agreement takes place, we have an open war with them…But I saw that they want peace,” he warned in televised remarks from Pakistan.

The clashes erupted earlier this month after Islamabad demanded that the Taliban curb militants it says are attacking Pakistan from sanctuaries inside Afghanistan. Pakist

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