Pakistani envoy in Kabul denies reports consulate employee killed in Jalalabad

ISLAMABAD/PESHAWAR: Pakistan’s Ambassador to Afghanistan Mansoor Ahmad Khan said on Friday all staff members of his country’s consulate in Jalalabad were safe and none of them were targeted by any terrorist group.
Khan made the confirmation while talking to Arab News after the US-based SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors the online activities of extremist outfits, claimed that Daesh had killed an employee of the Pakistani consulate in eastern Afghanistan.
“No, our personnel are safe,” Khan said over the phone. “I have confirmed it from our consul general in Jalalabad.”
In November 2017, a Pakistani diplomatic Nayyar Iqbal Rana was shot and killed by unknown gunmen near his residence in the eastern Afghan city.
“We are trying to figure out what this news is all about,” Khan continued, “but our consul general has talked to all our personnel and reported them safe.”
An official working with the Pakistani diplomatic mission in Jalalabad also described it as fake news.
“The news is untrue and our staff in Jalalabad are all well,” he told Arab News.