Attack on Pakistan Embassy in Kabul Ends; Pak PM Asks for Immediate Investigation
The armed attack on the Pakistani embassy in Kabul has come to end. Sources said that the attackers had targeted the Pakistani chief of mission in Afghanistan. Pakistan Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif, has demanded an immediate investigation into Friday's attack.
He has also condemned the assassination attempt on the country’s chief of mission in Kabul and urged for actions against the perpetrators of the attack.
Sources told Afghanistan International that because of the attack, a security guard of the Pakistani embassy has been injured and transferred to a hospital.
Sharif has emphasised that a security guard of the Pakistani embassy risked his life to protect the embassy official. He has prayed for the recovery of the guard.
Sources told Afghanistan International that the shooting took place from a building close to the Pakistani embassy in Karte Parwan area of Kabul.
So far no one has claimed responsibility for the attack.
