Ahead of peace negotiations, the Taliban warns that some people in Pakistan are playing with fire. Turkey's foreign ministry stated late Thursday that a truce will be maintained until the next round of peace talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan, which will take place in Istanbul next week.
The November 6 negotiations come after the bloodiest conflicts between South Asia's neighbours since the Taliban retook control in 2021.
The October 9 blasts in Kabul, which Taliban officials blamed on Pakistan, sparked unrest that left hundreds injured and over 70 dead.
"Everyone has committed to keeping the ceasefire in place. At a high-level meeting in Istanbul on November 6, 2025, the specifics of its implementation will be discussed and determined," the Turkish foreign ministry stated in a statement.

Prior to Islamabad's announcement on Wednesday that the negotiations had broken down, the two parties had been negotiating in Istanbul under the mediation of Qatar and Turkey.
"Some of us are brothers, but others are."
We are Muslims, brothers, and neighbours, but some (in Pakistan), knowingly or unconsciously, are playing with fire and war, Taliban interior minister Sirajuddin Haqqani said Thursday in response to escalating tensions.
"Defending the territory is one of the priorities," he said, emphasising that Afghans "do not want war."
"Pakistani demands are unreasonable."
The negotiations are expected to restart, according to a Pakistani security source, Pakistan's national broadcaster PTV, and Afghanistan's state-run broadcaster RTA early Thursday.

RTA blamed "the unreasonable demands of the Pakistani side" for the discussions' previous breakdown.
Regarding the restart of talks, Afghan officials have refrained from making any public statements.
Recent years have seen a deterioration in relations between the former allies, who share a 2,600-kilometer (1,600-mile) boundary.

Islamabad charges Kabul with harbouring militant organisations that conduct cross-border assaults, especially the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which it claims bases itself on Afghan territory. These accusations have been repeatedly refuted by the Taliban government.
Earlier this week, Pakistani Defence Minister Khawaja Asif issued a warning: "Any terrorist attack or suicide bombing inside Pakistan will give you the bitter taste of such misadventures."

The livelihoods of traders on both sides have suffered as a result of the border between the two countries remaining closed for almost two weeks despite the ceasefire.