Officials from Pakistan and Afghanistan recently met in Istanbul for talks on how to ensure a ceasefire deal between the two countries. Amidst the discussions on the ceasefire, Pakistani ministers warned that the possibility of an open war could undermine the efforts to bring about peace.

The discussions, which began on Saturday and are expected to continue on Sunday, come just after a truce was brokered in Doha by Qatar and Türkiye to end deadly clashes between the neighbours. The cross-border violence that recently occurred killed dozens and injured hundreds more.

“We have the option — if no agreement takes place, we have an open war with them,” Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif said from the eastern Pakistani city of Sialkot on Saturday. “But I saw that they want peace

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