Army Chief Gen Bajwa to visit Kabul this week: reports

E-Paper | July 29, 2026

Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa is expected to visit Kabul this week, Afghanistan's Tolo News reported on Wednesday.

Tolo News reported that Gen Bajwa is to meet senior Afghan officials to discuss key issues, including getting Taliban to come to the table for peace talks.

Sources in Islamabad confirmed the development, saying that Gen Bajwa would briefly visit Kabul before heading to Moscow.

Afghanistan does not want a mediator in its dialogue with Pakistan and has also informed India that it does not want hostility with Pakistan, the sources added.

The Afghan news channel quoted Afghan Ministry of Defence Spokesman Dawlat Waziri as saying that Kabul would reiterate its call to Pakistan to take action against 'terrorist hideouts and safe havens inside Pakistani territory'.

"We will ask Pakistan to act honestly, otherwise these trips will not have results," Waziri cautioned.

The meeting comes on the back of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, where both Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi spoke about terrorism in the region.

PM Abbasi in his speech warned that Pakistan refused to be a "scapegoat" for Afghanistan's bloodshed or to fight wars for others.

"Having suffered and sacrificed so much due to our role in the global counterterrorism campaign, it is especially galling for Pakistan to be blamed for the military or political stalemate in Afghanistan," Abbasi told the assembly.

"What Pakistan is not prepared to do is to fight the Afghan war on Pakistan's soil. Nor can we endorse any failed strategy that will prolong and intensify the suffering of the people of Afghanistan and Pakistan and other regional countries," he asserted.

Ghani in his address to the assembly, however, urged Pakistan to hold a state-to-state dialogue with Afghanistan "on how we can work together earnestly to eliminate terrorism and contain extremism".

Sources in Islamabad claimed that a meeting between Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif and United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson scheduled for later this week had been postponed at Pakistan's request.

The meeting is now expected in the second week of October.

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Anti-Corruption_Pakistani

Sep 28, 2017 01:32am

Let's hope Gen Bajwa's visit to Afghanistan is fruitful and help to open up dialogues with counterparts so that peace and stability is restored in the region. Also, Talibans should be involved to look for a long term political solution that suited to all parties. This is important, as the wars have failed to bring peace in the Afghanistan for over 15 years - give dialogues with all parties a chance!

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Abdul Majeed

Sep 28, 2017 01:42am

Mr, Bajwa's visit to Kabul should be welcomed by all concerned but the comments by Mr, Waziri that Pakistan should act,, honestly,, are quite funny.If there is no trust between the parties concerned the get together doesn't mean anything.

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MALIK

Sep 28, 2017 02:18am

Afghan diplomat is right, there has to be serious change in attitude and policy. Pakistan suffered because of these hostilities and trade barriers. Open the trade between Afghanistan, Pakistan and India, and the hostilities would disappear. Give all of them free transit and you see peace would come immediately.

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MSAlvi

Sep 28, 2017 02:50am

The foreign policy is so important that it cannot be left to just khwaja Asif and Nawaz. All capable people from all parties be included.

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Javed

Sep 28, 2017 03:18am

Afghanistan must recognize the international border between us. How can two home-owners be good neighbors if one does not even accept the boundary fence between them.

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Khan

Sep 28, 2017 03:41am

Good move by both nations to dialogue and work for peace.

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Hope.

Sep 28, 2017 05:01am

Afghans have been told by the US, work with Pakistan and eliminate TTP from their soll or no US money as aid!! Afghanistan should be eternally grateful to Pakistan for sheltering their citizens for almost 4 decades, and remember it's Pakistan they need not vise versa, helping India against Pak will result a strong response, so don't even think about it.

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My Advice

Sep 28, 2017 05:23am

Two neighbors and both islamic countries. Than why not cooperate with each other for peaceful coexistence, better economy, more trade and better standard of living for people of both countries.

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Muhammad

Sep 28, 2017 05:42am

Afghanistan is politically not matured, Afghanistan should make tie with Pakistan strong and sustainable for its own benefits, India cannot give any benefits to Afghanistan , it's Afghanistan stupidity expecting that India will develop Afghanistan

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Imtiaz Ali Khan

Sep 28, 2017 07:15am

Long live our Armed forces, levies, police, scientist, technicians and Supreme Court of Pakistan. Inshallah, will protect my beautiful Indus Valley land from harm both internal and external aggression.

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SAAF GO

Sep 28, 2017 08:11am

These trips are meaningless unless we revise our Afghan policy. I mean it.

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Cyrus Narielwalla

Sep 28, 2017 01:53pm

Great work General Bajwa, it is you only who can put sense to the US & the Afghanis in Afghanistan.

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MUHAMMAD SADEED ASHRAF

Sep 29, 2017 11:37am

@MALIK correct

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Saad

Sep 29, 2017 12:31pm

@MALIK Mate you sound delusional, to say the least. These porous borders are the root of the problem. Fence the borders, and these cross-border attacks on both sides will end.

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