Pakistan's powerful army chief visits Afghanistan to hold talks with President Ghani and other leaders, according to reports. It is not immediately clear what would be discussed during the meetings
Pakistan's PM Imran Khan and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani pose for the media at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan on November 19, 2020.
Pakistani Army Chief of Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa will meet Ghani as well as other Afghan leaders in Kabul on Monday, the sources told Reuters news agency on condition of anonymity as they were not authorised to speak with media. Bajwa on Monday also met Britain's Chief of Defence Staff General Nicholas Patrick Carter for talks on Afghan peacemaking, according to a statement from Pakistan's military media wing.
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