Pakistan’s defense minister has warned Afghanistan that any new “terrorist or suicide attack” by militants on Pakistani soil would draw a stern response.

Pakistan talks collapsed in Istanbul, Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said Islamabad has the capability to neutralise any threat. The Taliban condemned Asif’s comments as ‘provocative and irresponsible’.

Tells Kabul to "test our resolve and capabilities, if you wish so, at your own peril and doom"; UN expresses concern over talk failure.

The two committed to stop attacking each other after the worst outbreak of hostilities in years. But the underlying causes remain, analysts warn.

Pakistan's Defence Minister warned Afghanistan of a "50 times stronger" response if attacks on Islamabad continue, accusing Kabul of being an "Indian puppet." These remarks followed the dramatic collapse of peace talks in Istanbul,

United States President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly sought credit for resolving global conflicts, also waded in, saying he would “solve the Afghanistan-Pakistan crisis very quickly”, while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Nations (ASEAN) summit in Malaysia earlier in the week.

Confessions once buried in diplomatic shadows surface in Turkey, reshaping how Afghanistan reads the skies above Kabul.

Pakistan has reportedly admitted to an agreement with an unnamed \"foreign country\" permitting drone strikes on Afghan soil during TTP assaults. This r