President Hassan Rouhani conferred with Afghan President Hamed Karzai on Friday in the meeting which took place on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in the Tajik capital, Dushanbe. The two presidents discussed latest regional and international developments including the presidential election in Afghanistan. President Rouhani stressed importance of the presence of all Afghan political parties in the country's march toward democracy. Iran is ready to develop all-out ties with Afghanistan and help the country in all fields, he added.