ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Saturday will be visiting Kabul to discuss Pak-Afghan bilateral affairs with the Afghan leadership.
Qureshi will be the first high-level Pakistani official to visit Afghanistan since Imran Khan took reins of the country as its chief executive.
In this regard, a high-level meeting was chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan which was attended by Qureshi, Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa, ISI Director General Naveed Mukhtar, the foreign secretary and other senior officials.
Issues pertaining to security as well as relations with neighbouring countries came under discussion during the meeting.
The ISI DG briefed Qureshi about the border management system with Afghanistan and other security-related matters.
During his visit, Qureshi will meet senior Afghan officials, including Afghan President Ashraf Ghani. He is also expected to extend PM Khan’s invitation to Ghani for a visit to Pakistan.
The FM had announced to make his maiden foreign visit to Kabul after meeting United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
