Chairman of Iran's Strategic Council on Foreign Relations Seyed Kamal Kharrazi, in a meeting with Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov, discussed the threats posed to the Central Asia after ISIL's transfer from Syria to Afghanistan.

President M. Ashraf Ghani on Sunday met with the visiting Uzbek delegation and discussed a range of issues, Arg said in a statement.

Uzbekistan's Foreign Ministry says the head of the Taliban's political office in Qatar has expressed interest in cooperating with Tashkent in order to push Afghanistan's peace process forward.