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Thursday November 21, 2024

The diplomats and their families who survived IED blast

Foreign dignitaries included envoys of Russia, Iran, Indonesia, Turkmenistan, Vietnam, Kazakhstan etc

By Hanif Khalid
September 23, 2024
Security personnel examine the site of a bomb explosion, at Malam Jabba in the Swat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on September 22, 2024. — AFP
Security personnel examine the site of a bomb explosion, at Malam Jabba in the Swat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on September 22, 2024. — AFP

ISLAMABAD: The ambassadors and diplomats who remained unhurt in the IED blast belong to several countries. The wives of some of them and some family members were also present in their vehicles and their total number is said to be 23.

Russian Ambassador Albert Horev was accompanied by his staff member Vladimir Dzhigunov. Ambassador of Iran Dr. Reza Amiri Moghadam and his wife Azam Amiri were also traveling in a car. Indonesian Ambassador Rahmat Hindiarta Kasuma was travelling along with his wife Mrs Nimat Al Mashrofa and daughter Mavia Hindiarta. Ambassador of Vietnam Pham Anduan was accompanied by his wife Luguin Beach Ngoc in the car. Yerzhan Kistafin, the Ambassador of Kazakhstan, and his wife were traveling in a car. Ethiopian Ambassador Jamal Badr Abdullah was accompanied by his wife. Edadan N. Mulamu, Ambassador of Turkmenistan, who is also the Dean of the

Diplomatic Corps of the federal capital, and his wife; Zimbabwean Ambassador Abubasuto Bates was alone in a car.

Ambassador of Uzbekistan Aybak Arif Usmanov was accompanied by his wife. Portugal’s Ambassador Manuel Federico Redrico was traveling alone. Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Amin Dariuk was accompanied by his wife Pamela Hohodarovic and son Aden while Rwanda’s Defence Attache Lt. Col. Yaka Tajwero Ismail was alone.