Islamabad asks Kabul for information about Jalalabad attack

Pakistan’s Foreign Office has asked Kabul to investigate yesterday’s attack on its consulate in Jalalabad city and share the information with Islamabad, Khaama Press reported on Thursday.

“We have requested that details of the investigation should be shared with us,” states a statement released by Qazi Khalilullah, spokesperson of Pakistan’s Foreign Office.

This comes as President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani reportedly made a phone call to Pakistani Prime Minister Mohammad Nawaz Sharif over the incident.

“Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani made a telephone call to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and apprised him of the attack on the Pakistani consulate in Jalalabad and expressed his concern and grief over the incident,” states a statement released by Sharif’s office.

The information released also states that President Ghani assured Sharif that additional security measures would be taken for Pakistan’s diplomats in Afghanistan.

The attack begun Wednesday morning with a suicide bombing after which other gunmen engaged in exchange of fire with security forces.

The gun battle continued for several hours before the assailants were gunned down.

Source: MENA