Pakistan faced significant backlash after presenting a map that excluded portions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan during informal peace talks with Afghanistan in Istanbul, Turkey. The meeting, titled 'Afghanistan and Pakistan: A dialogue in the spirit of Ta'aruf - 1', aimed to reduce military tensions and was organized by the IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation with support from Turkey and Qatar. The Pakistani delegation included notable figures such as Asif Durrani (former special envoy for Afghanistan) and journalist Hamid Mir, while the Afghan side featured former diplomats like Atif Mashal. The map's inaccuracies, particularly in its upper-right section, drew criticism from Pakistani social media users, leading to the removal of reports featuring the erroneous map by some news outlets. This incident comes amid strained relations between the two countries, exacerbated by a bombing in Kabul earlier this year.