ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari received a call from the Acting Foreign Minister of Interim Government of Afghanistan, Amir Khan Muttaqi in the wake of terrorist attack on Pakistan Mission in Kabul.
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According to Pakistan’s Foreign Office, the Acting Foreign Minister of Interim Government of Afghanistan strongly condemned the terrorist attack targeting Pakistan’s Head of Mission in Kabul, Ubaid-ur-Rehman Nizamani. Reiterating Afghanistan’s firm resolve to combat terrorism, Foreign Minister Muttaqi assured the Foreign Minister that the Afghan government will bring the perpetrators of this heinous attack to justice swiftly.
The call by the Acting Afghan Foreign Minister came after assassination attempt on life of a Pakistani diplomat at Pakistan’s Kabul mission on Friday. A security guard was injured while saving Pakistani diplomat.
The Foreign Office said the Acting Afghan Foreign Minister also conveyed his good wishes and prayers for early recovery of the security guard, Sepoy Israr Mohammad.
The Foreign Minister thanked the Interim Afghan Government for its strong expression of solidarity and underscored that safety and security of Pakistan’s diplomatic personnel in Afghanistan was of utmost importance. The Afghan government must prevent the terrorists from undermining relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
The Foreign Minister also reiterated Pakistan’s unwavering commitment to fight terrorism and said that Pakistan will be undeterred by such cowardly attacks.
