Presenting the findings in Kabul on Thursday, the NDS head, Masoom Stanekzai said the chef travelled six times to Quetta and Chaman in Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
to receive instructions from Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
Quetta Shura
...Mullah Omar's command center, located in Quetta, that the Pak govt hasn't been able to find since its establishment in November, 2001. Honest...
leaders to specifically target the UAE Ambassador in Afghanistan.
Mr Stanekzai, who briefed President Ashraf Ghani
...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. ..two days ago, said the chef's co-workers smuggled in the explosives - a mix of RDX and TNT - in bread baskets. The explosives were placed in a sofa and detonated by remote control, he added.
Afghanistan and the UAE have demanded Pakistain hand over three plotters. The UAE delegation was in Kandahar to discuss developmental projects.
The deadliest attack on UAE diplomats killed five of them instantly and was the first against diplomats from the Gulf in Afghanistan. The UAE Ambassador to Afghanistan Mohammed Abdullah al-Kaabi died of his injuries later. The Kandahar Governor, Humayun Azizi, also maimed in the attack was treated abroad for two months before returning.
Kandahar's notorious anti-Taliban police chief, General Abdul Raziq left the room moments before the blast. The Taliban, at the time, denied responsibility saying it was a "result of local rivalry."