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Motawakkil arrives for talks with Pak officials

ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Wakil Ahmed Motawakkil on Sunday arrived for talks with Pakistani officials on bilateral and regional issues of mutual interest.

He will meet Foreign Minister Abdul Sattar on Monday.

According to reports, Motawakkil will also meet Iranian officials in Islamabad.

A six-members Iranian delegation is currently in Kabul, the first to visit the Afghan capital since closure of Iranian embassy in 1996.

The interaction between Iran and Taliban-led Afghan government has recently intensified. Iran in November opened its eastern Islam Qila borders for trade with Herat province of Afghanistan.ÑAPP