ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday rejected the “baseless and unfounded allegations” leveled by Afghanistan accusing Islamabad of being responsible for the Kandahar attack last week which killed a high-ranking official from the province, the Foreign Office said in a statement.
“No hard evidence or intelligence-related information has been shared to date with Pakistan to substantiate such claims,” the statement said.
The Afghan media on Tuesday, quoting President Ashraf Ghani, said that Pakistan had planned Kandahar police chief General Abdul Raziq’s murder, urging Islamabad to hand over those responsible for his assassination.
An anti-Taliban commander, General Raziq was killed in a shooting last week, which the Taliban have claimed responsibility for.
Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry emphasized in its statement that in the presence of elaborate mechanisms under the Afghanistan-Pakistan Action Plan for Peace and Stability — to mutually and effectively address and investigate any such unfortunate incidents – “it would have been more appropriate to invoke the relevant arrangement instead of resorting to media blame game which is contrary to the seven principles of cooperation agreed between the two sides, earlier this year.”
