Islamabad (AP) December,3 – The United States condemned an attack on the Pakistani embassy in the Afghan capital on Saturday, leaving a senior Pakistani diplomat unharmed but wounding one of the Pakistani security guards, threatening the Islamic State. caused a wave of anger in
Friday’s attacks came amid growing tensions between neighboring South Asian countries over claims in Islamabad that anti-Pakistani government forces were organizing terrorist attacks from their Afghan hideouts.
Shots were fired at the embassy by attackers still known or from nearby buildings. Shortly after the shooting, Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif tweeted on Friday that the attack was an “assassination attempt” on Pakistan’s mission chief in Afghanistan, Ubaid-ul-Rehman Nizamani.
Pakistan has repatriated injured security guard Isral Mohamad by helicopter, where he was treated at a hospital on Saturday. The attack on the embassy has been linked to a range of issues, including the latest threat from Pakistan’s Deputy Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar and Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaki, who recently announced a month-long ceasefire from Pakistan’s Taliban. It happened a few days after I flew to Kabul to meet with It ended in Pakistan, calling on the militants to resume their attacks across the country.
In Washington on Friday, State Department spokesman Ned Price said the United States condemned the attack on the embassy and told reporters, “We extend our condolences and wish a speedy recovery to those affected by the violence.” said.
The United States is “deeply concerned about attacks on foreign diplomats and calls for a full and transparent investigation,” Price said.
Afghanistan’s acting ambassador Karen Decker also condemned the attack on Nizamani in a tweet on Saturday.
“My diplomatic partner @PakinAfg, outraged by the attack on Ubaid Nizamani. I am grateful that he is safe and wish the brave injured guard a speedy recovery.” I join the call for a prompt, thorough and transparent investigation,” Decker wrote.
Muttaki called Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Friday night to condemn the “terrorist attack” against Nizamani, according to a Pakistani Foreign Ministry statement.
Muttaqi assured his Bhutto-Zardari that “the Afghan government will swiftly bring the perpetrators of this heinous attack to justice,” the statement said.
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Bhutto Zardari thanked Muttaki and said, “The Taliban government must stop terrorists from undermining relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan.” It will not be done,” he said, reiterating his unwavering commitment to the fight against terrorism. Friday’s shooting came a day after Pakistan called on the Afghan Taliban government to stop terrorist attacks from its own country by Pakistani Taliban hiding in Afghanistan.
Pakistan has responded to a suicide bomber from Pakistan’s Telik-e-Taliban (TTP) group blowing himself up near a truck carrying police officers to rescue polio workers near Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province. , made a request. One police officer and three civilians were killed in Wednesday’s attack.
The Pakistani Taliban are a separate group, though they have allied themselves with the Afghan Taliban, who seized power in their country last year when US and NATO forces were in the final stages of pulling out of Afghanistan.
On Friday, Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran said police had arrested a suspect at the building where the shooting took place on Friday. Also on Friday, prominent politician and military commander Gulbuddin Hekmatyar escaped unscathed in another attack in Kabul, his office said.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for any of the attacks in Kabul.
