The Afghan Intelligence, National Directorate of Security...the Afghan national intel agency...
(NDS) officials have said preliminary reports indicate the attack was plotted in Quetta city.
NDS front man Abdul Hassib Sediqi quoted in a report by RFE/RL said initial findings indicate the attack was plotted in Mawlavi Ahmad Kandahar seminary in Quetta.
In the meantime, the officials are saying that thorough investigations are underway regarding the incident.
The investigations are being conducted by three different delegations, including a delegation of the UAE officials.
The Taliban group rejected responsibility behind the attack and blamed the Afghan officials for the incident.
At least 12 people including the deputy provincial governor and five UAE diplomats bit the dust in the attack and several others including the UAE ambassador and Kandahar governor were maimed.
The cousin of the former Afghanistan's Caped President also departed this vale of tears he sustained in the attack as he was receiving treatment in India.
Hashim Khan Karzai was a local trader and had attended the meeting in governor’s guesthouse when he sustained injuries from the kaboom.