ISLAMABAD: A high-level Afghan delegation comprising the country’s interiorminister and the chief of National Directorate of Security (NDS) is on avisit to Pakistan to hold talks on bilateral cooperation, the PakistanForeign Office spokesperson said on Wednesday.
“Afghan government had requested that a high level delegation comprisingInterior Minister and NDS chief would like to visit Pakistan with a messagefrom Afghan President and for discussions about cooperation between the twocountries.
Delegation is here and will have talks today,” FO spokesperson Dr MohammadFaisal tweeted.
Afghan government had requested that a high level delegation comprisingInterior Minister and NDS chief would like to visit Pakistan with a messagefrom Afghan President and for discussions about cooperation between the twocountries.
Delegation is here and will have talks today.A renewed wave of terrorist attacks has hit Afghanistan in the recentweeks, as the Taliban and Daesh escalate their offensive.
On Monday, Kabul suffered its third major assault in recent days when asuicide attack on an Afghan army battalion killed at least 11 soldiers andwounded 16.
On Saturday, a Taliban suicide attacker driving an explosives-packedambulance blew up in a crowded area of Kabul, killing at least 103 people —mainly civilians — and wounding 235, in one of the worst bombings in thecity in recent years.
And, on January 20, Taliban fighters stormed Kabul’s landmarkIntercontinental Hotel and killed at least 25 people — the majority of themforeigners — in an assault lasting more than 12 hours.
Pakistan has strongly condemned the terror attacks and conveyed itscondolences at the bloodshed, with the FO spokesperson stressing that“terrorism is not the way forward”.