KABUL – *The Afghan Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Wednesday said Pakistan’smilitary establishment planned and provided the necessary aid to Talibaninsurgents to carry out the coordinated attack on Ghazni city earlier thismonth. *

Pakistan’s embassy in Kabul has hit out over the claims and said theseclaims are false, TOLO News has reported.

“Pakistan and Pakistan’s military were involved in the plan to attackGhazni; Pakistan provided all sufficient aid to them and it’s very clear,”said MoI spokesman Najib Danish.

“There has been an intelligence weakness in Ghazni,” said MohammadRadmanish, deputy spokesman for the ministry of defense.

Prior to the attack, Afghan security officials visited Ghazni and pledgedto the people that their city would be protected against Taliban attacks.

However, video footage seen by TOLOnews shows the moment Taliban fired amissile on a gathering of security forces in Ghazni. Dozens of securityforce members were wounded while other can be seen fleeing the scene.

This attack happened on July 8 during a security meeting presided over bythe Minister of Defense Tariq Shah Bahrami.

“During this fighting season, the enemies of Afghanistan planned to takeover some districts and even some provinces in the east, south andsouthwest of the country,” said Tariq Shah Bahrami during the meeting inGhazni on July 8.

Security officials have frequently said that the Afghan security forces hadbeen put on high alert to repel any attack by the Taliban on Ghazni city.