Author: Reuters
Publication: The Pioneer
Date: July 9, 2008
The bombing of the Indian Embassy in Kabul
has all the hallmarks of a particular Intelligence agency that has a record
of attacks in Afghanistan, a Government spokesman said on Tuesday.
Afghanistan has accused Pakistani agents of
being behind a number of attacks in recent weeks and Afghan President Hamid
Karzai threatened last month to send troops across the border to attack militants
there if Pakistan did not take action.
"Everything has the hallmark of a particular
Intelligence agency that has conducted similar terrorist acts inside Afghanistan
in the past," Humayun Hamidzada told a News Conference a day after an
attack that killed 41 people.
A suicide car bomb rammed into the gates of
the Indian Embassy in Kabul on Monday, killing two Indian Diplomats and two
Indian guards. Most of the other victims were people waiting in line for a
visa and shoppers at a nearby market.
It was the deadliest attack in the Afghan
Capital since U.S.-led and Afghan forces overthrew the Taliban in 2001.
"We believe firmly that there is a particular
intelligence agency behind it," said Hamidzada. "I'm not going to
name it anymore, I think it's pretty obvious."
Pakistan denies the Afghan accusations and
strongly condemned Monday's attack.