Pakistan Envoy Hit With Assassination Attempt In Afghanistan

An assassination attempt has targeted Pakistan’s top diplomat in Afghanistan, Pakistan’s prime minister said.

The head of mission, Ubaid-ur-Rehman Nizamani, was the target of an attack on its embassy compound, Pakistan’s foreign ministry said on Friday.

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said; “I strongly condemn dastardly assassination attempt on Pakistan Head of Mission, Kabul.

“I demand immediate investigation & action against perpetrators of this heinous act.“

The attacker failed to harm the Pakistani diplomat, but shot and wounded his security guard, Sharif added.

The shooting comes a day after Pakistan’s government demanded Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers prevent terrorist attacks coming from their soil.

Pakistani Taliban, claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing earlier in the week in southwestern Pakistan that sent a wave of shock and anger across the nation. The bombing killed four people and appeared to target police protecting polio workers in the area.

Several bombing and shooting attacks have taken place in Afghanistan in recent months.

A blast at a school on Wednesday killed at least 15 people.