PAKISTAN-AFGHANISTAN PEACE TALKS IN ISTANBUL COLLAPSE AS BORDER TENSIONS ESCALATE Peace talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan in Istanbul have collapsed, with both sides blaming each other for the failure. The negotiations aimed to ease border tensions and uphold a fragile ceasefire after deadly clashes in October killed dozens of soldiers and civilians. Afghan officials denied Pakistani claims that the Taliban harbored the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), while Pakistan criticized Afghanistan