KABUL: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa, who arrived in Afghanistan’s Kabul on Tuesday, met with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and discussed ways to improve bilateral relations.

According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), matters pertaining to border management and the much-debated Afghan peace process came under discussion during the meeting.

The army chief was accompanied by Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Director-General Lt Gen Faiz Hamid and the newly-appointed Special Ambassador to Afghanistan Mohammad Sadiq Khan.

The visit by COAS Bajwa follows a meeting with US Afghan envoy Zalmay Khalilzad.

As per ISPR, during the meeting "matters of mutual interest" came under discussion as well as the overall regional security situation.

This included an exchange on "Afghan refugees issue and the Afghan reconciliation process", a statement from the ISPR had read.

The two had also discussed the Pak-Afghan border management. "Both shared steps taken in this regard and agreed to continue working towards mutually agreed goals," the statement concluded.—NNI