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Taliban reject Pakistan’s claim Afghan bomber involved in deadly attack on Chinese engineers

“Afghans are not involved in such matters,” said Mufti Enayatullah Khorazmim

By Reuters
May 09, 2024
Spokesperson for Afghanistan’s Taliban-run Ministry of National Defence Mufti Enayatullah Khorazmim speaks during a video message released on May 8, 2024. — Screengrab/X/@MoDAfghanistan2
Spokesperson for Afghanistan’s Taliban-run Ministry of National Defence Mufti Enayatullah Khorazmim speaks during a video message released on May 8, 2024. — Screengrab/X/@MoDAfghanistan2

KABUL: The Taliban defence ministry on Wednesday rejected Pakistan’s allegations that Afghans were involved in an attack on Chinese engineers, as ties between the neighbouring nations sour amidst rising insecurity.

Pakistan’s military had said at a press conference on Tuesday that a suicide bomb attack in March in Pakistan’s northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, that killed five Chinese engineers, was planned in Afghanistan, and that the bomber was an Afghan national.

“Afghans are not involved in such matters,” said Mufti Enayatullah Khorazmim, the spokesperson for Afghanistan’s Taliban-run Ministry of National Defence.

“Blaming Afghanistan for such incidents is a failed attempt to divert attention from the truth of the matter and we strongly reject it,” he added.