President Ashraf Ghani met with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on the sidelines of his official visit to Tehran on Saturday afternoon where they discussed issues of mutual interest, security in particular.

The Presidential Palace said that boosting Kabul/Tehran ties, security and development were core parts of Ghani and Rouhani’s meeting in Tehran.

The next president who steps into the presidential palace and takes over the office will be someone who wins the support of Hizb-e-Islami in the next presidential election, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, head of Hizb-e-Islami said at a press conference in Kabul on Saturday.

According to Hekmatyar, any presidential candidate who has the votes of Hizb-e-Islami will become the next president of Afghanistan.