Taliban-Pakistan border clashes persist; Moscow talks fail, KP govt suspended

Pakistan and Taliban forces continue cross-border clashes along the Afghanistan-Pakistan frontier, with Islamabad reporting 12 militants killed over the past week. Concurrently, Pakistan suspended the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial government amid protests tied to Imran Khan's imprisonment, and Moscow talks between the parties ended without agreement. The escalation marks a continued deterioration in bilateral relations, with the suspension of the provincial government signaling domestic political instability that could compound security challenges.