On a day-long official visit to Kabul with ISI DG Lt Gen Akhtar, Gen Sharif meets Afghan President Ghani, CEO Abdullah
While meeting Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday in Kabul, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif said, “Afghanistan’s enemy is also Pakistan’s enemy,” according to a statement by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
During his meeting with Ghani, both the leaders pledged support to each other in their fight against terrorism and vowed to restrict the use of their soil against each other.
Both countries also agreed to continue the ongoing operation against militants in their respective countries, the statement added.
Gen Sharif also met with Afghan CEO Dr Abdullah Abdullah who acknowledged the overall positive trajectory in bilateral relations. Abdullah also talked about progress in border management and intelligence sharing.
Earlier, Gen Sharif along with Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Director General Lt Gen Rizwan Akhtar arrived in Kabul for a one-day official visit.
During their stay in Kabul, the army chief and DG ISI met the Afghan civil and political leadership, a statement issued by ISPR said.
Sources said issues relating to security at the Pak-Afghan border were discussed in the meetings between the Pakistani and Afghan military leadership. Coordinated operations along the Pak-Afghan border were also reviewed in the talks.
The senior military leadership of both countries also discussed ongoing cooperation in counter-terrorism, particularly action taken against Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) hideouts on Afghan territory.
According to sources, the Pakistani military leadership reiterated the demand for early capture of TTP chief Mullah Fazlullah, who is currently hiding in Afghanistan near the border.
In December last year, Gen Sharif visited Kabul in the wake of the deadly Peshawar school attack and sought handover of Mullah Fazlullah who is wanted for terrorism cases in Pakistan.
The army chief had shared classified intelligence details with the Afghan officials and revealed to them that the mastermind behind the Peshawar attack, who was from Afghanistan, was giving directives to terrorists.
