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The Pakistan-Afghanistan peace talks, which were being held amid the clashes between the two countries, have collapsed in Istanbul, top sources told News18.

“The Afghan Taliban assured cooperation, but Pakistan wanted written guarantees and security mechanism," the source told News18 exclusively.

The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan is Pakistan’s internal security issue, the Afghan Taliban told the Qatari and Turkish mediators, said sources. “The Afghan Taliban refused to accept what it called Pakistan’s illogical and irrational demands. They maintained that Afghan soil was not being used for any terror activity," said sources, quoting the Afghan Taliban.

The Afghan Taliban also had another demand — Pakistan should not allow U.S. drones to enter Afghanistan from its

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