Xi, Afghan leader agree to boost cooperation

China and Afghanistan should deepen cooperation under the Belt and Road framework and push forward projects to connect the two countries more, President Xi Jinping said on Thursday.

In a meeting with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in Astana, Kazakhstan, at the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Xi hailed the ties between the two nations.

The president said that high-level interaction should play an important role in guiding China-Afghan relations and that exchanges on all levels should be intensified.