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Pakistan Denies Links to Indian Embassy Bombing
 [Quqnoos] Pakistan is not behind last week's deadly attack on the Indian Embassy in the Afghan capital, Kabul, a Pakistani envoy to Kabul saysMohammad Sadiq, the Pakistani ambassador, in an exclusive interview with Tolo TV said terrorism is a regional challenge and he called for a regional effort to defeat the insurgency. A suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden vehicle into the Indian Embassy on Thursday, killing at least 17 people and wounding more than 80 others. The Indian Ambassador to Kabul blamed Pakistans Inter Service Intelligence (ISI) for the attack. The Afghan Envoy to the US also accused Pakistans intelligence agency of involvement in the bombing of the Indian Embassy. "We are pointing the finger at the Pakistan intelligence agency, based on the evidence on the ground and similar attack taking place in Afghanistan", Ambassador Sayed Tayeb Jawad said. This was the second suicide attack on the Indian Embassy in Kabul within the past year. Last July, the Indian Embassy was the scene of the deadliest attack in the capital since the war began in 2001, when a Taliban suicide car-bomber killed 58 people, including two Indian diplomats. More than 150 others, most of them civilians, were wounded in that blast. Ambassador Sadiq of Pakistan further said that tackling terrorism needs a joint campaign by India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. He admitted that the militants biggest sanctuary exists in Pakistans North Waziristan. Posted by: Fred 2009-10-14 |
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