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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif connected Thursday (October 16, 2025) said Pakistan was acceptable to clasp talks with Afghanistan, but lone connected "legitimate and mutually respectful conditions" pursuing the clashes astatine the borderline betwixt the 2 countries.
Mr. Sharif made the remarks portion addressing the national Cabinet meeting, wherever helium talked astir the caller tensions with Afghanistan that erupted into a mini-war betwixt the 2 countries.
He said Pakistan agreed to a 48-hour ceasefire astatine the petition of Afghanistan, and present the shot is successful Kabul's tribunal to determine the substance peacefully. He said Pakistan is acceptable to resoluteness the contented astatine the dialog table.
"We are acceptable to prosecute successful dialog with Afghanistan nether morganatic conditions. We told our brotherly neighbour that we question bid done communal consultation and cooperation,” helium said.
Pakistan and Afghanistan connected Wednesday (October 15, 2025) agreed to a impermanent ceasefire. Both countries claimed that it was requested by the different side.
Mr. Sharif said that respective apical officials, including Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, and others, repeatedly visited Kabul to convey Pakistan’s tendency for bid and improvement successful the region.
“Unfortunately, contempt each efforts, (the Taliban authorities in) Afghanistan did not prioritise bid and adopted the way of aggression,” helium said, adding that Pakistan had to motorboat a full-scale retaliatory enactment arsenic patience had tally retired aft the caller events.
He further alleged that Afghanistan attacked Pakistan "at India's behest", arsenic Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi was successful Delhi erstwhile attacks were launched. Mr. Sharif said the Qatari emir had condemned the full occurrence successful talks with him successful Egypt and expressed his tendency to play a relation successful cooling down tensions.
He said that Pakistan was forced to respond to violent activities being operated from Afghan soil, sidesplitting guiltless civilians and information unit of Pakistan. He said Pakistan has conveyed its concerns done diplomatic channels, but to nary avail.
