Fresh round of Afghanistan-Pakistan talks fails to reach a deal, officials say

Afghan refugees wait to leave for their homeland through a border crossing point on the outskirts of Chaman, a border town on the Pakistan-Afghan border. File picture: H Achakzai/AP

A new round of peace talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan has failed to produce a breakthrough to end tensions between the South Asian neighbours, although they agreed to continue their fragile ceasefire, officials from both countries said on Wednesday.

The talks in Saudi Arabia last weekend were the latest in a series of meetings hosted by Qatar, Turkey and Saudi Arabia aimed at cooling tensions following deadly border clashes in October.