Pakistan’s ministry of foreign affairs has confirmed two of its officials from the Consulate General in Jalalabad have gone missing.

According to a press statement issued by the ministry, two officials from Pakistan’s Consulate General in Jalalabad have been missing since Friday.

The officials were on their way to Pakistan by road at the time of their disappearance, read the statement.

“The matter has been raised with the relevant Afghan authorities for their safety and recovery, at the earliest,” said the ministry.

“The Afghan authorities have informed that all efforts were in hand to probe the incident and three distinct investigating groups have been constituted to ensure safe recovery of the officials,” the statement added.

“Pakistan has requested the Afghan government that all efforts may be made to ensure early recovery of our officials and bring the perpetrators of this heinous crime to justice.”

The spokesman for the Nangarhar provincial governor, Attaullah Khoghyani said the two officials went missing between Jalalabad and Torkham crossing.