Islamabad, Jan. 31 (TNS): Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan Dr Omar Zakhilwal on Wednesday denied a TOLOnews report claiming that Afghan President Ashraf Ghani reportedly refused to take a condolence phone call on late Tuesday night from Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi.
“Not true – no phone call has taken place,” he said on micro-blogging site Twitter. “Following recent horrific terrorists attacks in Kabul PM Abassi conveyed a message to President Ghani to which it was responded to by high powered personal delegation by the President to meet the PM today”.
Quoting sources, TOLOnews had claimed that the premier had telephoned Afghan president “in connection with the spate of recent attacks in Afghanistan.”
The Afghan daily said President Ghani had sent a delegation “to handover evidence related to recent attacks in Kabul” to be shared with Pakistan’s army.
Foreign Office spokesperson Muhammad Faisal took to micro-blogging site to inform that a high-level delegation representing Afghan government had arrived in Islamabad today [Wednesday] to discussions cooperation between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
