Pakistan, India, Iran, Japan, Saudi Arabia and the UK expressed sympathy for the loss of life and the hundreds injured in Monday’s quake.

Pakistan and Afghanistan are expected to resume peace talks in Istanbul to revive a dialogue that collapsed earlier this week, according to Pakistan's defense minister, two officials and state media i

Pakistan’s defense minister has warned Afghanistan that any new “terrorist or suicide attack” by militants on Pakistani soil would draw a stern response. Wednesday's remarks by Khawaja

Relations between the two neighbors hit a low point this month, with fighting killing people on both sides of the border. At issue is a rise in militancy in Pakistan since the Taliban took over Afghanistan.

Pakistan and Afghanistan will likely hold another round of peace talks in Istanbul, a Pakistani security source told AFP on Thursday, after Islamabad's announcement that previous negotiations had failed.

Afghanistan and Pakistan have resumed peace talks in Istanbul, four sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday, a day after Islamabad said the discussions had ended in failure.

Three days of negotiations in Istanbul fail to yield breakthrough, but both sides maintain ceasefire is holding.

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

A ceasefire agreement was reached between the two neighbours on October 19 after the clashes prompted Qatar to host emergency talks. It was followed by four days of negotiations in Istanbul that ended inconclusively on Tuesday.