Pakistan's Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari reaffirmed his country's commitment to a stable, peaceful, and prosperous Afghanistan

Islamabad, Apr 16 (RHC) Pakistan's Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari reaffirmed his country's commitment to a stable, peaceful, and prosperous Afghanistan, a spokesman for the Pakistani Foreign Ministry said.

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari expressed his country’s objectives with the neighboring nation in conversation via telephone with acting Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, according to a Twitter post by the official source.

The two officials discussed several issues of mutual interest, Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said.

Last Thursday, representatives of the nations gathered in Samarkand for the Fourth Ministerial Conference of Afghanistan’s Neighboring Countries recognized in a final declaration of the event, the threat to regional peace posed by the presence of terrorist groups in that nation.

Foreign ministers and senior officers from China, Iran, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, described the security situation in the neighboring state as serious.

They also reassured their commitment to improve cooperation in the fight against terrorism and for security among neighboring countries, as well as to develop a united front against the scourge.

Recently, international media revealed that after its withdrawal from Afghanistan, the United States left behind military equipment and weapons worth seven billion dollars that subsequently increased the fighting capabilities of the violent groups based there.

The U.S. troops also abandoned communication equipment and armored vehicles in Kabul and other territories, according to sources. (Source: Prensa Latina)