Pakistan’s military announced on Tuesday that the suicide bomb attack, which resulted in the deaths of five Chinese engineers in March, was orchestrated in Afghanistan.
The attacker, who was also an Afghan national, drove a vehicle into a convoy of Chinese engineers working on a dam project in northwest Pakistan, claiming the lives of six individuals.
During a news conference in Islamabad, Major-General Ahmed Sharif, the spokesperson for the Pakistan military, stated that the entire attack was planned in Afghanistan. The car used in the attack was also prepared in Afghanistan, further emphasizing the cross-border nature of the incident.
As of now, the Taliban-run administration in Afghanistan has not provided any comment in response to these allegations.
In recent months, relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan have deteriorated, with Islamabad accusing the Taliban-run administration in Kabul of not taking sufficient action against militant groups that target Pakistan.
Pakistan has even gone so far as to claim that certain elements within the Taliban are aiding the Islamist militants of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), an organization that is not affiliated with the Taliban but has long pledged loyalty to the Afghanistan-based movement.
However, Taliban officials have vehemently denied these allegations.
