ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan invited former Afghan president Hamid Karzai and other key leaders to an upcoming international conference being organized in Pakistan on challenges facing Afghanistan.
In a tweet, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said the prime minister made a telephone call to Mr Karzai on Wednesday night and assured him that Pakistan would make all out efforts for restoration of peace in the neighbouring country. Fawad said the government would soon share details of upcoming conference with Afghan leaders and other stakeholders.
Meanwhile, Pakistan sealed its border with Afghanistan on July 14 when Taliban militants wrested control from Afghan forces of the border town of Wesh, located opposite the Pakistani border town of Chaman.
Taliban seized control of Wesh after heavy fighting on Tuesday night even though Afghan government forces used helicopter gunships in an attempt to defend their positions.
The Friendship Gate at the Pak-Afghan border has been closed from both sides, which stopped all kinds of traffic and human movement at the border.
They said the Taliban militants had removed the national flag of Afghanistan from atop the Friendship Gate and other places in Wesh and hoisted the Taliban’s standard instead.
