According to reference information aidReuters on October 25, Pakistani Defense Minister Ashiv said the same day:If Pakistan and Afghanistan fail to reach an agreement during talks in Istanbul, it would mean a war.¡£

Asif said:¡°If we can¡¯t reach an agreement, we¡¯re going to fight them altogether, but I also see them wanting peace.¡±

On October 25, local time, the second round of talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan on ceasefire issues began in Istanbul, Turkey.

The Pakistani delegation includes the director of the Military Operations Bureau and officials from the security and intelligence departments. The Afghan delegation was led by Deputy Minister of the Interior Rahmatullah Najib.

Recently, small-scale armed conflicts have occurred in the border areas between Afghanistan and Pakistan. The two governments issued separate statements on October 15th, announcing that they would implement a 48-hour temporary ceasefire. On the 18th, under the mediation of Qatar and Turkey, Pakistan and Afghanistan held talks in Doha, Qatar. The two sides agreed to cease fire immediately and establish a mechanism to consolidate lasting peace and stability between the two countries. Pakistani and Afghan government officials confirmed on the 19th that the two sides had reached a ceasefire agreement.

According to CCTV news, the Pakistan Armed Forces Information Bureau issued a statement on the 15th local time, saying that on the evening of 14th, terrorists from Afghanistan tried to attack the border post in Gulham area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northwestern Pakistan. Pakistani security forces successfully repelled the attack, destroyed eight Afghan posts and six tanks, and killed 25 to 30 terrorists and Afghan Taliban members.

A spokesman for the Afghan government said that the same day a new shooting between Afghan and Pakistani troops killed 12 civilians and wounded more than a hundred.

In response to the Pakistani airstrikes on the capital Kabul and Pakistani province of Pakistani, the Afghan army launched a retaliatory operation in the night of the 11th.Pakistan condemned "Afghanistan's provocative acts in the Ba'a border area" and asked the Arab side to ensure its territory was not used for terrorist activities against Pakistan.

Edited |Jin Mingyu Du Hengfeng

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