Trucks loaded with items are parked close to the closed Spin Boldak border crossing with Pakistan, after the border was shut for almost two weeks following clashes between Afghan and Pakistani forces, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on October 23, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP
The talks comply with a brief restoration of calm alongside the Pakistan-Afghanistan border after the primary spherical of discussions was held in Doha on October 19, 2025. The dialogue was facilitated by Qatar and Turkiye, and either side had agreed to fulfill once more in Istanbul on October 25 to proceed discussions geared toward addressing mutual safety issues.
Foreign Office spokesperson Tahir Andrabi in a press release on Friday (October 24, 2025) confirmed that the agreed talks would go forward as scheduled.
Pakistan additionally seems ahead to the institution of a “concrete and verifiable monitoring mechanism” within the subsequent assembly to be hosted by Turkiye in Istanbul “to address the menace of terrorism emanating from Afghan soil towards Pakistan and prevent any further loss of life of Pakistanis,” he mentioned.
Mr. Andrabi emphasised that Pakistan, as a accountable state dedicated to regional peace and stability, doesn’t search escalation.
However, he urged the Afghan Taliban authorities to honour their commitments to the worldwide neighborhood and to take verifiable motion towards terrorist entities working from Afghan territory. Mr. Andrabi reiterated Pakistan’s demand for motion towards the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA).
The spokesperson welcomed the end result of the Doha assembly as a “first step” towards making certain regional peace and stability and appreciated the constructive roles of Qatar and Turkiye in facilitating the method.
According to Mr. Andrabi, the sooner talks focussed on speedy measures to halt cross-border terrorism towards Pakistan and to revive peace and stability alongside the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.
Afghan interim administration spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid additionally confirmed the Istanbul talks, saying the Afghan delegation can be led by Mawlawi Rahmatullah Najeeb, Deputy Minister on the Ministry of Interior.
“The remaining issues (with Pakistan) will be discussed in the meeting,” Mr. Mujahid mentioned in a social media submit.
Pakistan has witnessed a renewed wave of militant assaults because the Taliban takeover of Kabul in 2021. Islamabad has repeatedly urged the Afghan authorities to rein within the TTP militants utilizing Afghan soil to launch assaults inside Pakistan, however with restricted success.
The rising distrust has led to repeated clashes alongside the two,611-km-long border, often called the Durand Line, which Afghanistan doesn’t formally recognise.
Published – October 25, 2025 10:38 am IST
