Pakistan, Afghanistan hold fresh peace talks in Saudi Arabia

3/12/2025 19:04

Afghanistan's Taliban administration and Pakistan have held fresh peace talks in Saudi Arabia and agreed to maintain a ceasefire, the latest attempt to dial down tensions between the South Asian neighbours.



A ceasefire has held in recent weeks between the two South Asian militaries, after the outbreak of deadly border clashes in October, following talks hosted by Qatar and Turkey, although the two sides failed to come to a peace agreement.



The fresh talks were held in Saudi Arabia, three Afghan and two Pakistani officials, one of them based in Istanbul.



Both sides agreed on maintaining the ceasefire.



Pakistan's foreign office, its military, a spokesman for the Afghan Taliban and the government of Saudi Arabia did not respond to requests for comment from Reuters.



The talks followed a Saudi initiative, one of the senior Afghan Taliban officials said, adding: "We are open to more meetings to see a positive outcome."



People from the military, intelligence agencies and the foreign office represented Islamabad in the talks.