Pakistan has sent officials to Kabul to share with Afghanistan’s Taliban regime the results of its investigation into a suicide bombing in March that killed five Chinese engineers and a Pakistani driver.
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s foreign ministry said Thursday it has sent officials to Kabul to share with Afghanistan’s Taliban regime the results of an investigation into a March suicide bombing that killed five Chinese engineers and a Pakistani driver.
Pakistan has said the attack was planned in Afghanistan and carried out by Afghan nationals, and that the Afghan Taliban government bears responsibility for it. The Taliban government denies any responsibility whatsoever.
The statement said Khurram Agha, a senior interior ministry official in Islamabad, had conveyed the findings to Afghanistan’s Deputy Interior Minister Mohammad Nabi Omari and travelled to the Afghan capital on the orders of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
The attack on March 26 took place as the group of Chinese nationals were on their way to Das Dam, Pakistan’s largest hydroelectric project, where they were working.
The statement also said Pakistan has requested Afghanistan’s assistance in arresting the perpetrators.
“The Afghan side reiterated its commitment to preventing Afghan territory from being used for any terrorist activities against any other country, including Pakistan,” the State Department said of the Kabul talks, adding that the Taliban “agreed to review Pakistan’s findings.”
Further details were not immediately released.
Thousands of Chinese workers are in Pakistan working on projects related to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, which includes a host of large-scale projects in road construction, power plants and agriculture.
