Pakistan’s Army Chief of Staff Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa, who visited Kabul on Tuesday, held talks with President Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah, head of the High Council for National Reconciliation, and discussed peace efforts and Pakistan’s role, according to government statements.

A statement by the Presidential Palace said that President Ghani and Gen. Bajwa discussed Pakistan’s support for the peace process, and also discussed how "the soil of either country should not be used against the other."

Bajwa said in the meeting with President Ghani that his country will support an independent and democratic Afghanistan, the Palace said.

The statement added that more details from the meeting will be made public through a joint statement from the foreign ministries of Afghanistan and Pakistan.

In this episode host Noorwali Saeed Shinwarai discusses the topic with the following guests:

Afrasiab Khattak, a former member of the Senate of Pakistan

Mohammad Nabi Masdaq, Ghani’s adviser