COAS, Afghan envoy discuss border security

The incoming Afghan ambassador calls on General Raheel Sharif in Rawalpindi, says ISPR


News Desk February 12, 2016
Army chief General Raheel Sharif speaking with incoming Afghan ambassador Dr. Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal in Rawalpindi on February 12, 2016. PHOTO: ISPR

Incoming Ambassador of Afghanistan Dr Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal called on army chief General Raheel Sharif at the GHQ on Friday.

According to the ISPR statement, matters of mutual interest, including measures to improve security along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border were discussed during the meeting.



Pakistan, Afghanistan to take action against armed groups not joining peace process

Earlier on Wednesday, while chairing a meeting of corps commanders, army chief said terrorists were being funded externally by hostile intelligence agencies and had their sympathisers at home who provide them shelter and refuge.

Both Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to take action against elements hampering the Afghan peace process.

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