Pakistan, July 17 -- Pakistan on Thursday said there had been no breakthrough in its strained relationship with Afghanistan, insisting that ties would not improve until the Afghan Taliban provided verifiable guarantees that Afghan soil would not be used for terrorist attacks against Pakistan.

Responding to questions during the weekly media briefing, Foreign Office spokesperson Tahir Andrabi said diplomatic engagement between the two countries remained active, with ambassadors continuing to meet in Kabul and Islamabad, but stressed that terrorism remained the central issue in bilateral relations.

"The ice has not broken," Andrabi said, adding that Pakistan expected the Afghan Taliban administration to renounce support for terrorism and p...