India, Oct. 29 -- Pakistan's information minister, Attaullah Tarar, said on Wednesday that talks aimed at securing a long-term truce between Afghanistan and Pakistan concluded in Istanbul without a "workable solution", in a blow for peace in the region after deadly clashes this month.

The talks were aimed at reaching lasting peace between the neighbours after dozens were killed along their border in the worst such violence since the Taliban took power in Kabul in 2021. The talks had begun on October 25 but could not result in a lasting peace, putting the whole region on edge.

"The Afghan side kept deviating from the core issue, evading the key point upon which the dialogue process was initiated," Tarar said in a statement early on Wedne...