Times of Islamabad

Afghanistan gives assurances to Pakistan over attack on embassy in Kabul

Afghanistan gives assurances to Pakistan over attack on embassy in Kabul

Afghanistan’s acting foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi held a phone callwith Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto after the incident and assured ofbringing the perpetrators of the heinous attack to justice swiftly.

On Saturday, Afghan security forces claimed arresting a suspect involved ina gun attack on officials of a Pakistani mission.

The suspect reportedly lived on the eighth floor of a building nearby thePakistani embassy in Kabul. When the security forces raided the building,he attempted to escape using a makeshift rope but was eventually captured.

The security forces recovered a long-range rifle and other weapons from theflat where the suspect had also planted improvised explosive devices,reports said.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the US government, and the UnitedNations Security Council have condemned the assassination attempt on thePakistani mission’s head in Kabul.