A post on the Pak-Afghan border. Photo: File 

ISLAMABAD: Afghan security forces on Wednesday conducted a successful intelligence based operation and recovered two diplomatic officials of the Consulate General of Pakistan in Jalalabad, who were abducted on June 16, 2017, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani told a Pakistani diplomat in Kabul.

According to the Foreign Office, President Ghani personally called Pakistan's charge d'affaires in Kabul to share the good news of the recovery of the abducted Pakistani officials in a security operation, carried out by the Afghan forces on Wednesday.

Two Pakistan consulate officials missing in Afghanistan: Foreign Office

Jalalabad consulate officers went missing when commuting to Pakistan on June 16

According to details, both the officials ? Jan Khan and Muhammad Ejaz ? were members of staff at the Consulate General of Pakistan in Jalalabad. They were kidnapped while travelling from Jalalabad to Torkham on June 16, 2017.

Later in the evening, the two officials were handed over to the Embassy of Pakistan in Kabul by the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs. They would soon return to Pakistan to join their families.

While talking to Afghan Deputy Foreign Minister Hekmat Karzai, Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua conveyed Pakistan?s gratitude to the Afghan government for the safe recovery of both the officials.