The Taliban government follows Pakistan's move to designate the ambassador as a tension between the two countries.

Afghanistan welcomes escalating diplomatic ties with Pakistan, a sign that tensions between South Asian neighbors have eased.

Pakistan's Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said on Friday that D'Affaire, stationed in Kabul, the Afghan capital, would be promoted to the position of ambassador, and later, the Afghan Taliban government announced that its representative in Islamabad, the Pakistani capital, would also be upgraded.

In the absence of an ambassador, D'Affaires was the head of mission for the embassy.

The Afghan Foreign Ministry released on X on Saturday.

The Foreign Ministry of the Islamic Emirates of Afghanistan welcomes the Pakistani government's decision to upgrade its diplomatic mission in Kabul to the level of an ambassador.

In terms of reciprocity, the Islamic emirates in Afghanistan will be promoted... pic.twitter.com/zy1s5texar

- Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Afghanistan (@mofa_afg) May 31, 2025

Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi will visit Pakistan “in the coming days”, the ministry spokesman Zia Ahmad Takal said.

Since returning to power in 2021, only a few countries, including China (including China), have agreed to receive the Taliban government ambassador, and no country has officially recognized the government.

Pakistan is the fourth country designated by Kabul, second only to China, the United Arab Emirates and Uzbekistan. Russia said last month it would also endorse the Taliban government ambassador a few days after deleting the group's "terrorist" designation.

Relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan have been on security issues and a campaign in Islamabad to deport thousands of Afghan refugees.

Islamabad said armed groups that launched attacks within Pakistan used Afghan soil. Kabl denied the allegation, saying the violence was a family problem that Pakistan wants to solve.

However, the Foreign Minister said on Friday that relations between the two countries have improved since their visit to Kabul last month. Last week, he also met Muttaqi and their Chinese rival Wang Yi at a trilateral meeting in Beijing.

After the meeting, China said it would "continue to assist in improving Afghan-Pakistan relations."