KABUL – Afghanistan CEO Abdullah Abdullah has blamed Taliban and countrygiving support to Taliban behind the attack in Kabul.

A day after a group of gunmen stormed two government buildings in Kabul inwhich 43 people were killed, the Chief Executive of Afghanistan, AbdullahAbdullah, said he sees Taliban and their supporters behind the attack, TOLONews has reported.

The target of the attack was the Public Works Ministry and the NationalAuthority on Disabled and Heirs of Martyrs’ Affairs in Kabul’s PD16.

“I condemn this crime,” Abdullah said at an event in Kabul on Tuesday. “Theenemies of Afghanistan once again committed a crime against the innocentpeople of the country. Whoever takes the responsibility of this act, themain perpetrator of this incident is the Taliban.”

He described Taliban as is a group which has disrupted Afghanistan’ssecurity with “cruelty” and a group which is taking the lives of civiliansand has many times taken responsibility for “such heinous acts”.

Abdullah said Taliban is a group which does not have “the courage” offace-to-face talks but it has “the cruelty” of conducting terror acts.

He also said that “any country which has given sanctuary to the Taliban andis giving safe haven to the group and are supporting them, are behind theattack”.