Pakistan and Afghanistan Extend Ceasefire: A Fragile Peace Amid Rising Tensions

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00:00Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to extend their ceasefire for another week following talks

00:04in Turkey, the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed. The two nations are set to

00:09meet again in Istanbul on November 6 to finalize how the ceasefire will be implemented, with

00:14mediators from Turkiy and Qatar overseeing the process. All parties have also agreed to establish

00:19a joint monitoring and verification mechanism to ensure peace and impose penalties on any

00:24violations. The agreement comes after a week of deadly cross-border clashes earlier this month,

00:30triggered by explosions in Afghanistan that Kabul blamed on Pakistan. Pakistan's military claimed to

00:36have killed more than 200 Afghan fighters, while Afghan officials said 58 Pakistani soldiers were

00:41killed. It was the most serious confrontation between the two neighbors since the Taliban

00:46regained control of Kabul in 2021.

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