No statement has yet come out regarding this unannounced visit of a high-level delegation from Pakistan, however, the office of the Deputy Prime Minister of Afghanistan, Abdul Ghani Baradar, has also released photos and videos of the meeting.
According to Pakistani and Afghan officials, Pakistan's defense minister and intelligence chief visited Kabul on Wednesday, where he met Afghan Deputy Prime Minister Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar.
Pakistan's Special Representative for Afghanistan Mohammad Sadiq has confirmed the visit of a high-level delegation to Kabul.
Muhammad Sadiq confirmed in a tweet that the visiting Pakistani delegation led by Federal Minister of Defense Khawaja Asif has met with the senior leadership of the interim government of Afghanistan, including the Deputy Prime Minister of Afghanistan, the Minister of Defense, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and The Minister of Interior is involved.
Earlier, the office of the Deputy Prime Minister of Afghanistan, Abdul Ghani Baradar, has also released photos and videos of the meeting.
The delegation headed by Defense Minister Khawaja Asif also includes Pakistan's ISI chief Lt. Gen. Nadeem Anjum, which seems to increase the importance of the visit as the recent tensions between the two countries have increased. Border tensions have also surfaced over the months.
In a statement from Mullah Abdul Ghani Bardar's office, it has been said that the parties discussed the promotion of bilateral relations, trade, regional ties and economic cooperation between the two countries.
The statement from the Afghan Deputy Prime Minister said that 'Afghanistan and Pakistan are two neighboring countries and they should have good relations with each other.'
Mulla Abdul Ghani Bardar further said that 'it is necessary that business and economic issues should not be separated from political and security issues.'
He also demanded the release of Afghan citizens imprisoned in Pakistan.
According to the statement issued by Mullah Abdul Ghani Bardar's office, the Pakistani delegation, while assuring the solution of these problems, said that 'the relevant ministries and appointed committees will work on this issue quickly.'
Pakistan's high-level delegation has arrived in Afghanistan at a time when the relations between the two countries are cold due to incidents of violence in the border areas.
Last December, there was an attack on the charge d'affaires of the Pakistani Embassy in Kabul, Obaidur Rahman Nizamani, in which he himself remained safe, but the security officer assigned to protect him was seriously injured.
While in December itself, several Pakistanis were allegedly killed in the firing of Afghan security forces in the border area of Pakistan and Afghanistan, while the properties of civilians were also damaged.
This incident of firing was not only strongly condemned by Pakistan, but Pakistan's protest was also recorded by summoning the Afghan Affairs Minister posted in Islamabad.
A recent incident of strained relations occurred late last week when the main trade corridor between the two countries remained closed for the past few days following a firing incident near the 'Torkham border'.
Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, said in a news briefing last week that Pakistan and Afghanistan are neighboring countries and thousands of Afghans come to Pakistan daily for trade and routine life.
Mumtaz Zahra had said that Pakistan will continue to communicate with Afghanistan on all issues including bilateral trade and security related matters.
After the closure of the border crossing at Torkham, not only thousands of trucks are stuck on both sides, but the traffic of common people is also stopped.
The government of Pakistan has also been demanding the Afghan Taliban not to allow their territory to be used by anti-Pakistan militants.
Pakistan's Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari reiterated his country's security concerns on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference last week, saying that international cooperation should increase the capacity of the Afghan Taliban government to deal with security challenges.
Bilawal Bhutto had said that 'we need to find a way to increase the capacity of them (Afghan Taliban). They don't have an (organized) army, they don't have a counter-terrorism force, they don't even have a proper border security force.'
In response, the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement that "Pakistan's foreign minister should talk directly to the Afghan government instead of making complaints in international conferences."