KABUL: Pakistan Ambassador to Afghanistan Syed Abrar Hussain has said that Pakistan desired peace in Afghanistan to bring stability in the region.
In an interview while responding to the statements of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, he said Pakistan and Afghanistan are two brotherly countries.
He said bilateral trade between Pakistan and Afghanistan is above two billion dollars besides transit trade routes also contributing to enhance trade linkages.
Abrar Hussain said Pakistan is spending millions of dollars on welfare projects in Afghanistan in education, health and infrastructure.
He said an engineering university has been established in Balkh, a school in Kabul, 200-bed hospital in Helmand, kidney center in Jalalabad and a hospital in Lugar.
He said 3,000 Afghan students have been granted scholarships and around 7,000 Afghan students are studying in Pakistan besides 0.5 million children of Afghan refugees.