A third day of peace talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan are underway in Istanbul, officials on both sides said. The talks on Monday come a day after U.S.

Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif accused Kabul of acting as a tool for Delhi, warning that if Afghanistan attacks Islamabad, Pakistan’s response would be 50 times stronger, after peace talks collapsed.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi stayed away from a regional leaders summit in Malaysia this week to avoid meeting US President Donald Trump and having a possible discussion about Pakistan, people familiar with the matter said.

Peace talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan have hit an impasse in Istanbul after three days of negotiations, according to state media in both countries.

Talks between Afghanistan and Pakistan in Istanbul to broker a long-term truce have ended without a resolution, Afghan state media and a Pakistan security source said on Tuesday.

The US is seeking to expand its strategic relationship with Pakistan but those ties don’t come at the expense of Washington’s relations with India, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.

Pakistan and Iran have decided to resume the Islamabad–Tehran–Istanbul freight train service in December this year. This agreement was reached at a meeting between Railways Minister Hanif Abbasi and Iranian Minister of Roads and Urban Development Farzaneh Sadegh in Islamabad on Friday.