It is important to note that Qatar has removed the mention of the imaginary Durand Line which separates Afghanistan and Pakistan from its statement about the ceasefire.

A ceasefire agreement between Islamabad and Kabul rests on the ruling Afghan Taliban's ability to rein in militants attacking Pakistan across their shared border, Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif told Reuters on Monday,

Pakistani and Afghan officials were due to meet in Qatar Saturday to seek a path back to calm, a day after Islamabad launched air strikes that killed at least 10 Afghanis following a brief truce.A hospital official in Paktika told AFP that 10 civilians,

Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif says anything coming from Afghanistan will be a violation of the agreement signed over the weekend.

The interim administration in Kabul on Saturday claimed that Pakistan carried out late-night airstrikes in Afghanistan’s border province of Paktika, as officials from the two sides were set to hold talks in the Qatari capital Doha.

Pakistan, Afghanistan resolve to establish security mechanisms for lasting stability; next round of talks scheduled in Istanbul on October 25.

Afghanistan and Pakistan said they had agreed a 48-hour ceasefire on Wednesday, following days of deadly clashes between the neighbors and former allies.