#border-clashes

#border-clashes

Fresh clashes near the border with Afghanistan have killed at least five Pakistani soldiers and 25 fighters, Pakistan's army says, even as the two countries hold peace talks in Istanbul. The Pakistani military said armed men attempted to cross from Afghanistan into Kurram and North Waziristan on Friday and Saturday, accusing the Taliban authorities of failing to act against armed groups operating from Afghan territory.

Negotiating teams from Afghanistan and Pakistan are to meet in Istanbul, Turkey, on Saturday in a bid to bolster a ceasefire along their shared border, where there have been several clashes over the past two weeks in which dozens have died. The confrontations started after explosions in the Afghan capital, Kabul, which Afghanistan's Taliban rulers blamed on Pakistan and responded to with cross-border attacks, prompting Islamabad to respond with "precision strikes" against armed groups in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan and Pakistan have agreed to an immediate ceasefire after talks mediated by Qatar and Turkiye following a week of fierce and deadly clashes along their disputed border. Qatar's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said early on Sunday that Afghanistan and Pakistan had agreed to the ceasefire and the establishment of mechanisms to consolidate lasting peace and stability between the two countries.

State-backed China Eastern Airlines will resume Shanghai-Delhi flights from November 9, the airline's website shows, as China and India resume direct air links amid a diplomatic thaw, largely triggered by aggressive United States trade policies, after a five-year freeze. The flights will operate three times a week on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, the airline's online ticket sales platform showed on Saturday.

Pakistan has carried out air strikes in Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar, locals told RFE/RL's Radio Azadi, as fresh fighting erupted between the neighbors. Explosions were also heard in Kabul, according to city residents who spoke to Radio Azadi. Unverified footage on social media appeared to show plumes of smoke rising into the sky in the Afghan capital. The cause of the explosions was not immediately clear.

An estimated 38,000 civilians in Cambodia and almost 140,000 in Thailand reported to have fled fighting on their shared border.