Afghan government shot down claims on preventing the Pakistani delegation from landing in Kabul

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KABUL, 16 April, 2021 (TON): Afghan government denied preventing aircraft carrying a Pakistani parliamentary delegation from landing in Kabul.

On 8 April Pakistan National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser left for the Afghan capital with a nine-member delegation on the invitation of the chairman of Afghanistan’s lower house, Mir Rahman Rahmani.

The visit was viewed to hold wide-ranging discussions, including on Afghan peace and cross-border trade.

His plane was turned back as it was about to descend to Kabul airport over what was reported to be a security threat.

However, the incident led to outrage among Afghan members of parliament, who summoned the chiefs of the country’s security establishment, including the interior minister, for a briefing on the matter.

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