ISLAMABAD, July 17: A two-member team of the Interior Ministry on Monday left for Kabul for talks on release of Pakistanis held in Afghan jails. The team comprises additional secretary Qamar-uz-Zaman and National Crisis Management Cell director Col Muzaffar.

According to Interior Ministry sources, the delegation would meet officials of the Afghan Interior Ministry during their three-day visit. The team would seek consular access to the prisoners for determining their total number and identities and to discuss their early release, the sources said.—APP

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