The Afghan government has asked Pakistan to hand over the body of former Afghan minister and Taliban leader Mullah Obaid Ullah. Around a month ago, Pakistani authorities had confirmed that former defence minister Mullah Obaid Ullah died as a result of illness inside a prison house. Afghanistan’s Ambassador to Pakistan Mohammad Omar Daudzai on Wednesday called on Jalil Abbass Jillani, minister of state for external affairs. During the meeting, they discussed in depth matters pertaining to bilateral issues. According to the Afghan embassy, Pakistan’s minister of state and Afghan ambassador discussed in depth matters regarding Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan (RECCA). The Afghan embassy also said that during the meeting, Ambassador Daudzai asked Pakistan’s minister of state for handing over the dead body of Afghanistan’s ex-defence minister Mullah Obaid Ullah Akhund to his relatives. In this respect, the Afghan government has already placed a request to Pakistan.
