November 2025

Fragile Peace

PUBLISHED November 2, 2025 The latest round of talks held in Istanbul, Türkiye from 25 to 30 October 2025 between the Afghan Taliban and Islamabad ended with a tentative agreement to implement the ceasefire previously agreed in Qatar. Further technical aspects of the preliminary understanding will be discussed in the next round of talks starting

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Pakistan reopens Afghan border while ceasefire lasts

Afghan refugees along with their belongings on trucks await deportation to Afghanistan near the Chaman border crossing. Photo: AFP TORKHAM: Pakistan on Saturday reopened the Torkham border crossing in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa to Afghan refugees returning to their country, ending a nearly two-week closure following deadly clashes between border forces last month. Meanwhile, nearly 10,700 people returned

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Diplomatic high point

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (centre) speaks as US President Donald Trump (left) and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (right) look on during the Sharm El-Sheikh Peace Summit in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on October 13, 2025. — AFP Pakistan is reaching diplomatic heights not seen in its 78-year history. From Riyadh

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‘India tried to bribe Pak fishermen to spy’

Interior Minister Talal Chaudhry speaks to reporters outside the Parliament House in Islamabad on October 9, 2025. SCREENGRAB ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Talal Chaudhry revealed on Saturday that India’s intelligence service had tried to recruit a Pakistani fisherman for espionage by offering him money. Addressing a joint press conference in Islamabad with Information and Radio Minister

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