Former Afghan interim president and ex Jihadi leader Sibghatullah Mujaddadi was buried in Ashiqan Arifan in Kabul on Tuesday after he died on Monday night following a long illness.

A special prayer ceremony was also held for Mujaddadi at the Presidential Palace on Wednesday. Attending the ceremony were government leaders, including President Ashraf Ghani, former Jihadi leaders, politicians and foreign dignitaries.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday the organization’s role in Afghanistan is about providing conditions a political, peaceful solution.

Addressing journalists before the start of the defense ministers meeting in Brussels, Stoltenberg said: “The aim is of course not to be in Afghanistan forever, the aim is to be in Afghanistan to fight terrorism and to train, assist and advise Afghan National Army, security forces so they can stabilize their own country.”