President Miloš Zeman has been accompanied by Minister Vlastimil Picek and army chief of staff Petr Pavel on his three-day visit, starting from Saturday.
During his visit, Zeman talked with Afghan President Hamid Karzai over bilateral ties.
"The two presidents studied bilateral cooperation between the two countries as well as student exchanges," Zeman's spokesman, Jiri Ovcacek, said.
Zeman, the first Czech head of state visiting Afghanistan, also met with Czech troops based in Kabul and Bagram airport, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from the Afghan capital.
Czech soldiers have been serving in Afghanistan under the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) since 2002.
The number of the deployed soldiers has gradually decreased to some 270 currently present in NATO’s combat mission, following the 2014 withdrawal plan.
The United States and its allies invaded Afghanistan in October 2001 as part of Washington’s so-called war on terror.
The Czech president’s visit comes as Karzai has strongly rejected to sign the controversial Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA), saying he would not sign the deal with the United States if Washington does not guarantee peace in Afghanistan.
The deal will determine how many American soldiers would stay in Afghanistan after the planned withdrawal of foreign forces at the end of 2014. It will also grant legal immunity to those American soldiers, who remain in Afghanistan--something that has turned into a sticking point.
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