On October 16, local time, at a cabinet meeting on the tension on the Bahá'í border, Pakistani Prime Minister Shabaz Sharif said that Pakistan was ready to engage in dialogue with the Afghan interim government on reasonable terms.
The governments of Pakistan and Afghanistan issued separate statements earlier on the 15th, confirming that a ceasefire will be implemented between the two countries. The ceasefire has now been implemented.
Pakistan's Foreign Ministry said on the 15th that at the request of Afghanistan, the Pakistani and Afghan governments agreed to a temporary ceasefire for 48 hours. The ceasefire began at 18: 00 local time in Pakistan on 15th (21: 00 Beijing time). During this period, the two sides will make efforts to find a positive solution to this "complex but promising problem" through constructive dialogue.
Afghan government spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid posted on social media on the evening of the 15th that according to the request and insistence of Pakistan, starting from 17:30 local time on the 15th (21:00 Beijing time), Afghanistan and Afghanistan will implement a ceasefire. The Government of Afghanistan instructed all its forces to observe the ceasefire as of 1730 hours as long as the other side did not launch an attack.
At present, Pakistan and Afghanistan have respectively confirmed that the ceasefire arrangement has been implemented.
Recently, small-scale armed conflicts have continued to occur in the border areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan. (General reporter Cui Ru)