Afghan envoy denies report on Ghani's refusal to take Prime Minister's call

Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan Dr Omar Zakhilwal on Wednesday denied an Afghan TV channel's report claiming that Afghan President Ashraf Ghani reportedly refused to take a condolence phone call on late Tuesday night from Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi. "Not true - no phone call has taken place," he said on micro-bloging site Twitter.
"Following recent horrific terrorists attacks in Kabul PM Abassi conveyed a message to President Ghani to which it was responded to by high powered personal delegation by the President to meet the PM today". Foreign office spokesman Dr Mohammad Faisal in a tweet said Afghan government had requested that a high level delegation comprising Interior Minister and NDS chief would like to visit Pakistan with a message from Afghan President and for discussions about cooperation between the two countries. Delegation is here and will have talks today.
The delegation, comprising of Afghanistan Interior Minister Wais Ahmad Barmak and National Directorate of Security [NDS] chief, has come with a message from Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, FO added. Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan Dr Omar Zakhilwal on Wednesday was astonished that Pakistan handed over 27 Taliban/Haqqani network suspects to Kabul in November last year.
Pakistan's Foreign Office on Tuesday announced that Pakistan handed over more than two dozen suspects belonging to the Taliban and their affiliated Haqqani network to Afghanistan last year. However, with Dr Omar Zakhilwal expressing surprise over the news, it seemed that even he was not aware of the move. The Afghan ambassador took to the Twitter on Wednesday and said if this indeed happened, it would be a huge step forward in Pakistan and Afghanistan mutual bilateral relations.