Pakistani army chief meets Afghan amb

Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa met with the Afghan Ambassador in Islamabad Omar Zakhilwal, where they discussed issues of bilateral interests during their meeting in the Pakistani army headquarters, Khaama Press reported.

"Afghanistan’s ambassador to Pakistan, Mr Omar Zakhilwal met Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa at GHQ today," the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistani military, said in a statement.

"Issues of mutual interest including security situation and border management were discussed. COAS expressed his grief over loss of innocent lives in recent terrorists attacks in Afghanistan," it added.

The meeting between Zakhilwal and Gen. Bajwa takes places as the relations between Kabul and Islamabad has been at all time low during the recent months.

The tensions between the two counties mainly arise due to the circumstances involved in the fight against terrorism as the Afghan officials have long been criticizing Pakistan for remaining reckless to take actions against the leadership councils of the Afghan militant groups including the Taliban and Haqqani terrorist network whom according to the Afghan officials are having freedom of actions in Pakistan, a claim which has also been repeatedly been noted in the US government reports.

Source : Mena