Top Afghan envoy to visit Pakistan, likely to meet PM and COAS

Top Afghan envoy to visit Pakistan, likely to meet PM and COAS

KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani’s special envoy for regional affairs Umer Daudzai, is expected to visit Pakistan on Tuesday where he will meet top Pakistani military, religious and political leaders about Afghanistan’s peace process, the High Peace Council's spokesman said.

“He (Umer Daudzai) will meet Pakistan’s minister of foreign affairs about the peace process in Afghanistan. He will also meet Pakistani army chief including Pakistan’s influential political and religious leaders who have a key role in Pakistan’s domestic and foreign policy,” said HPC spokesman Sayed Ehsan Tahiri, TOLO News has reported.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan on Sunday said Pakistani and Turkish officials have held talks on the prospects of peace in Afghanistan.

“I had a meeting with Turkish minister of foreign affairs where I got the opportunity to talk with him about the changing situation in Afghanistan,” said Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi.