ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari will pay a one-day visit to Afghanistan on Friday at the invitation of his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday."During his stay in Kabul, the President will hold tete-a-tete as well as delegation level talks with his Afghan counterpart," a Foreign Ministry statement said.
It will be Zardari's first visit to Afghanistan since he assumed office in September.
Zardari and Karzai will discuss ways to jointly combat terrorism, which poses a common threat to the peace and security of both states, it said.
Zardari's visit will further consolidate friendly ties between the two countries, said the statement.
The two leaders will also address a joint press conference.
Zardari will be accompanied by Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Advisor to the Prime Minister on Interior A. Rahman Malik and the Governor of North West Frontier Province Owais Ahmed Ghani, the statement said.
Karzai visited Pakistan in September and attended the swearing-in ceremony of Zardari.
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