Pakistan's Deputy Foreign Minister, Hina Rabbani, has met with Taliban's Foreign Minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, and Deputy Prime Minister, Abdul Salam Hanafi, in Kabul.

Muttaqi and Rabbani have discussed trade, security and the release of Afghan imprisoned immigrants in Pakistan.

According to the Taliban's foreign ministry, the Pakistani delegation has emphasised on solving the problems of Afghan immigrants and said that the two countries should cooperate on the issue.

The Pakistani embassy in Kabul has also published a statement as saying that Rabbani met with a number of senior Taliban officials in Kabul and has discussed bilateral issues including education, health, trade and investment, regional connectivity, and economic projects.

Hina Rabbani and a delegation of Pakistani officials arrived in Kabul on Tuesday. Earlier, a Pakistani diplomat had stressed that Rabbani will discuss the opening of girls’ schools with the Taliban.

Abdul Latif Nazari, the Taliban’s Deputy Minister of Economy, along with the Pakistani Ambassador in Kabul, had received the Pakistani delegation at the Kabul airport.