Kabul: Afghan President Hamid Karzai Saturday said that a suicide bombing that wounded his intelligence chief was planned in the Pakistani city of Quetta.
On Thursday, a suicide bomber posing as a peace messenger wounded Afghanistan’s intelligence chief, Asadullah Khalid. The Afghan Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, although it often makes exaggerated claims about attacks on foreign troops or government targets.
Karzai stopped short of blaming the Pakistani government directly. But he told a news conference he would raise the issue with Pakistani officials during a summit in Turkey.
“Apparently the Taliban claimed responsibility like many other attacks but such a complicated attack and a bomb hidden inside his body, this is not Taliban work,” Karzai said.
“It’s a completely professional (job)…Taliban cannot do that and there are bigger and professional hands involved in it.”
Karzai said he would discuss the issue with Pakistani officials during a meeting in Turkey.
“This is a very important issue for us and we hope that the Pakistan government in this regard gives us accurate information and cooperates seriously, so the doubts we have end,” he said.
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