Daesh terror group claims responsibility for an attack on Pakistan's embassy and its envoy in Kabul, which Islamabad decried as an 'assassination attempt'
Daesh terror group has claimed responsibility for an attack on Pakistan's embassy in Kabul, which Islamabad decried as an "assassination attempt".
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has called it "an assassination attempt" on the head of the mission, and demanded an investigation. Pakistan has complicated relations with the Taliban, with Islamabad long accused of supporting them even while backing the US-led invasion of Afghanistan that toppled them following the 9/11 attacks.Since returning to power, the Afghan Taliban have insisted they would not allow foreign militant groups to operate from home soil.
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