On October 16, Pakistani Prime Mniister Shehbaz Sharif said the temporary truce could be extended if the Taliban heeded Islamabad's demands. Islamabad wants Kabul to eliminate the Pakistani Taliban and says Afghan territory must not be used to plan attacks against Pakistan.

Kabul has denied that the Pakistani Taliban operate from Afghan soil with impunity.
 
Soldiers on either side of the border have been killed in the recent clashes, but it is civilians who are paying the biggest price for this conflict — especially those that live near the border.
 
Locals in this area told DW around 70% to 80% of residents have fled due to cross-border firing.

The clashes between Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban started last week, with the Islamic fundamentalist group accusing Islamabad of launching airstrikes targeting Kabul and another location. Subsequently, Taliban authorities said they had launched attacks on Pakistani troops at the border, prompting Islamabad to retaliate.
 
Islamabad and the Afghan Taliban were close allies in the 1990s, and some experts say Pakistan even supported the Islamist group after the 2001 US invasion of Afghanistan. But ties worsened after the Taliban seized power in Kabul in 2021.