The Afghan leadership has reportedly invited Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa to visit Afghanistan.

This was announced in a statement tweeted by military media wing’s chief Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor.

The Inter-Services Public Relations chief said that General Bajwa telephoned Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah and his Afghan counterpart on Saturday and felicitated them on the eve of New Year.

The army chief also reiterated the resolve to work together in the coming year for the peace and stability in the region, the tweet read.

“On the occasion, Afghan [civil and military] leadership extended invitation to the army chief to visit Kabul,” Ghafoor said.

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