Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) Chairman Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao on Wednesday extended heartfelt felicitations to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on being reelected as the president of Afghanistan for the second term and said it would bode well for the peace efforts being made to restore normalcy to the war-hit country.

According to a press release issued from Watan Kor, the QWP leader hoped that after the US and Taliban signed the peace agreement, President Ghani would hold the intra-Afghan talks by bringing all stakeholders to negotiating table to bring stability to the war-torn country.

"Heartiest congratulations to Dr Ashraf Ghani for being re-elected as President of Afghanistan. It is hoped that now with his effective role for the negotiation process would progress and the country would see a lasting peace," the QWP leader said in a tweet.

Sherpao added that the prolonged war had caused immense sufferings to the Afghans therefore no effort should be spared to bring stability to Afghanistan. He also urged Islamabad to play its due role in brining stability to the conflict-hit landlocked country. He asked the government to improve its bilateral relations with Kabul besides taking steps to remove the trust deficit between the two brotherly countries.