Pakistan 'breaches ceasefire', fires projectiles into Afghanistan amid talks in Turkey
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According to some sources in the Afghan military and local witnesses the incident of firing lasted for 10-15 minutes.
The Pakistani Army allegedly fired projectiles into Afghanistan on Thursday despite the two neighbours resuming peace negotiations in Turkey to reinforce a fragile ceasefire. According to news agency AFP some sources in the Afghan military and local witnesses reported the incident of firing lasted for 10-15 minutes.
“Pakistan used light and heavy weapons and targeted civilian areas,” an Afghan military source was quoted as saying by the news agency. Some eyewitnesses said the shelling by Pakistan lasted 10-15 minutes.
The source also said that Afghanistan did not retaliate keeping in mind the ongoing talks in Turkey.
“We have not retaliated yet, out of respect for the ongoing negotiations," said the military official as quoted by AFP.
However, Pakistan Information Ministry rejected the claims saying, “We strongly reject claims circulated by the Afghan side regarding today's incident at the Pak-Afghan border at Chaman”.
Further it said, "Firing was initiated from the Afghan side, to which our security forces responded immediately in a measured and responsible manner."
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Afghanistan-Pakistan Peace talks in Turkey
Meanwhile, the third round of the Pakistan-Afghanistan talks aimed at ending the ongoing conflict, the cross-border terrorism and consolidating the fragile ceasefire will begin in Istanbul today. The delegation for this round of talks is led by Lt. Gen Asim Malik, Director General of the ISI and other senior officials from the military, intelligence agencies and the Foreign Office.
The Taliban delegation includes General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI) chief Abdul Haq Waseq, Deputy Interior Minister Rehmatullah Najib, Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen, Anas Haqqani, Qahar Balkhi, Zakir Jalali, and Afghanistan’s chargé d’affaires in Ankara.
According to media reports, both sides are looking at the implementation of the commitments from the previous rounds of talks and attempt to finalise the mechanism agreed upon in principle for the verification and monitoring to ensure peace.
