Islamabad is seeking to shore up the fragile truce with the Taliban regime in Kabul, but the two sides are at odds over the Afghan regime's support for the Taliban's Pakistani branch, the TTP.The next round of truce talks between Pakistan and the Taliban regime in Kabul is scheduled to take place in Istanbul on November 6.

The Taliban on Friday threatened to resume hostilities against foreign troops in Afghanistan if they did not meet a May 1 deadline to withdraw.