-DATE- 19890105 -YEAR- 1989 -DOCUMENT_TYPE- MEETING -AUTHOR- F.CASTRO -HEADLINE- AFGHAN DELEGATION MEETS CASTRO -PLACE- HAVANA -SOURCE- KABUL DOMESTIC SERVICE -REPORT_NBR- FBIS -REPORT_DATE- 19890106 -TEXT- Afghan Delegation Meets Castro LD050120189 Kabul Domestic Service in Pashto 1530 GMT 5 Jan 89 [Text] The high-ranking Afghan state and party delegation led by Sultan 'Ali Keshtmand, member of the Politburo and secretary of the PDPA Central Committee, who went to Cuba to participate in the 30th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution, met with Fidel Castro, first secretary of the PCC Central Committee, chairman of the Cuban Councils of State and Ministers. BAKHTAR reports that during this meeting a message of congratulations on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution from Esteemed President Najibullah, general secretary of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan Central Committee, was presented to and received with thanks by Fidel Castro. During this meeting views were exchanged on the current situation in Afghanistan and about the joint efforts by the Soviet Union and Afghanistan to find a political solution to the situation around Afghanistan, and on other topics of mutual interest. According to another report, the Afghan delegation during its stay in Cuba met separately with the chairman of the Cuban Assembly, the head of the People's Friendship Society, and a number of leaders of progressive parties and revolutionary movements of Latin America. The delegation signed mutual cooperation protocols with a number of these parties and fronts. -END-