TEHRAN -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who arrived here Wednesday heading a 41-member delegation for an official visit, was seen off at Sa'dabad Cultural Complex by President Khatami Thursday morning, IRNA reported.

In the ceremony, which was attended by a number of high-ranking officials from both states, the Afghan president expressed sincere appreciation for the hospitality accorded him and his delegation by the Iranian government and nation.

President Karzai and his delegation leaved for Kabul on Thursday afternoon.

During their two-day visit, the head of the Afghan provisional government and nine Afghan ministers held separate talks with Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi and Iranian Police Chief Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf.

The Afghan president also conferred with the Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei.

The visit is capped by a trilateral agreement signed between representatives of Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan on establishment of a transit link between these Central Asian states and Iran via Afghanistan and opening a gateway for these landlocked states to international waters.

Afghan ministers of foreign affairs, interior, economy, trade, public welfare, information and culture, reconstruction, national security, and international affairs are accompanying Karzai in this trip.