Overview
- Foreign Office spokesperson Tahir Andrabi said major attacks continued after the Oct. 17 understanding, so the truce is not holding.
- Officials stressed the arrangement was not a traditional bilateral ceasefire but a commitment to halt operations by TTP, FAK and Afghan nationals using Afghan soil.
- Pakistan reported full security alert status and robust military preparedness while rejecting Kabul’s ISIS-in-Pakistan claims as outrageous.
- Border crossings have stayed closed since Oct. 11 with trade at a standstill, as Türkiye- and Qatar-led talks in Doha produced only a fragile pause and no enforcement mechanism.
- Authorities linked the Cadet College Wana assault and an Islamabad court bombing to Afghan nationals, and referenced regional spillover with the Tajikistan attack attributed to launch from Afghanistan.