ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif is set to visit Kabul on Sunday (today) to hold talks with top Afghan civil and military leaders, the military said.

Afghanistan sees Pakistan’s support as vital to resuming a stalled peace dialogue with the Taliban and recently both countries have expressed resolve to work together in this regard.

“COAS (Chief of Army Staff) will visit Kabul on Sunday, 27th December,” Pakistan army spokesman Lieutenant General Asim Bajwa said on Twitter.

“(Sharif) will hold meetings with political and military leadership of Afghanistan,” Bajwa said.

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani travelled to Pakistan this month to open a conference that shored up international support for Taliban talks.

At the Islamabad conference, Ghani and Nawaz Sharif vowed commitment to the peace process, with the United States and China also offering support.

“The visit by the army chief to Kabul is a follow up of commitments made by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani towards Afghan peace at the Heart of Asia conference in Islamabad,” said security analyst Imtiaz Gul.