DHAKA: Pakistan’s powerful army chief General Raheel Sharif visited Kabul on Wednesday for talks with Afghanistan’s president on tackling insurgents, a day after Taliban militants killed 148 people at a Pakistani school.

Sharif, accompanied by the head of Pakistan’s main intelligence agency, the ISI, was due to meet Afghanistan president Ashraf Ghani and Nato commander General John Campbell, officials said, reports The Straits Times.

Afghanistan routinely accuses Pakistan of providing shelter within its borders to the Afghan Taliban, while Pakistan accuses Afghanistan of protecting members of the Pakistani Taliban.

The army chief was likely to raise this issue with Afghan leaders, a Pakistani security official said.

The handing over of Pakistani Taliban chief Mullah Fazlullah, who is believed to be hiding in Afghanistan, may also figure at the talks.

BDST: 2015 HRS, DEC 17, 2014