Times of Islamabad

Pakistan gives a strong response over top Afghan officials allegations

Pakistan gives a strong response over top Afghan officials allegations

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan has strongly responded over the allegations levelledby the top Afghan officials over deadly Kandahar attack.

Pakistan has rejected Kabul’s “baseless” allegations” regarding a recentattack in Kandahar, in which three top Afghan officials were killed whentheir own guards opened fire on them.

The FO’s comments come a day after Afghan President Ashraf Ghani allegedthat the attack on slain Kandahar police commander Gen Abdul Raziq wasplanned in Pakistan, *TOLO News*link reported.

“I want to say that this conspiracy was plotted in Pakistan. So Pakistanshould give us the criminals so that we can bring them to justice,” Ghaniclaimed.

A Foreign Office (FO) statement, without referring to specific statements,said: “Pakistan rejects baseless and unfounded allegations regarding thelatest Kandahar attacks. No hard evidence or intelligence relatedinformation has been shared to date with Pakistan to substantiate suchclaims.”