KABUL: Pakistan’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Hina Rabbani Khar, on Tuesday held political consultations with Foreign Minister of Interim Afghan Government, Amir Khan Muttaqi, in Kabul.
The two neighboring countries discussed a range of bilateral issues of common interest, including cooperation in education, health, trade and investment, regional connectivity, people-to-people contacts, and socio-economic projects.
Hina Rabbani Khar was leading a Pakistani delegation to Afghanistan for a one-day visit at a time when the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) called off a ceasefire agreed upon with Pakistan in June.
Since the change of government in Afghanistan in April, this was the first visit by a senior official of Pakistan. The visit is seen as significant given the fact that a woman minister heads the delegation.
Pakistan to Prioritize Importing Products Afghan Women Entrepreneurs
Hina Rabbani Khar announced that Pakistan would prioritize importing products from the businesses being run by Afghan women in Afghanistan.
Hina Rabbani Khan expressed these views at a luncheon meeting hosted by the Women Chamber of Commerce of Afghanistan in Kabul, the country’s capital city.
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The state minister underlined the important role of women in society and expressed a keen interest in Pakistan in strengthening linkages between the women entrepreneurs of Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Pakistan Reaffirms Abiding Solidarity Afghan People
Meanwhile, Pakistan’s Foreign Office in a statement said that as a friend and neighbor of Afghanistan, Pakistan would reaffirm its abiding solidarity with the people of Afghanistan, in particular through its efforts to ease the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan and to create real opportunities for the economic prosperity of Afghan men, women, and children. – APP
