“We hope that the ceasefire will hold and that all of the outstanding issues will be dealt with diplomatically.”

UN Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in response to a question at the regular noon briefing at UN Headquarters in New York on Monday.

Afghanistan and Pakistan agreed to an immediate ceasefire during talks in Doha, mediated by Qatar and Turkey, after a week of fierce border fighting, the worst between the two neighbours since the Taliban seized power in Kabul in 2021.

The ceasefire “has been finalised”, Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif posted on X on Sunday, saying both sides would meet again on October 25 in Istanbul to discuss “detailed matters”.