Kabul: National Security Adviser (NSA) Moeed Yusuf on Saturday led an inter-ministerial delegation to Afghanistan to discuss bilateral issues of mutual interest with regard to Pakistan's involvement in containing the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.
According to the Pakistani Embassy in Afghanistan, Afghanistan's Minister of Commerce and Industry Nuruddin Azizi received the NSA along with his delegation at the Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul.
Pakistan's Ambassador to Afghanistan Mansoor Ahmed Khan tweeted that the NSA "had a fruitful meeting with the Foreign Minister of Afghanistan, Mullah Amir Khan Muttaki to begin the journey". "[NSA] will hold several official meetings to strengthen humanitarian and [economic] engagement," he said. NSA Yusuf met Afghan Acting Deputy Prime Minister Mullah Abdus Salam Hanafi to discuss "strengthening Pakistan-Afghanistan fraternal ties to promote trade, transit, connectivity" between the two countries. The Afghan Deputy Prime Minister also hosted lunch for the Pakistani delegation.