Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa accompanied by the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) head Lt. Gen Faiz Hameed reached Kabul on an unannounced visit. They called separately on President Dr. Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah, Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation.
Pakistan’s COAS said that a peaceful Afghanistan means a peaceful region in general and a peaceful Pakistan in particular. He continued, “We will always support an ‘Afghan led-Afghan owned peace process’ based on mutual consensus of all the stakeholders.”
The Afghan President thanked the Pakistani COAS for a meaningful discussion and appreciated Pakistan’s sincere and positive role. Dr. Abdullah said he welcomed Gen Bajwa and focused on the current state of the Afghan peace process and on ways leading to a permanent ceasefire and continued intra-Afghan talks.
General Sir Nicholas Patrick Carter, UK’s Chief of the Defense Staff, was also present in the meeting.
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