KABUL: Afghan Taliban authorities dismissed on Tuesday Pakistan’s claim that a deadly suicide attack last week was planned on Afghan soil.
A suicide attacker detonated a car bomb at a checkpoint and militants opened fire on police in Bannu area on Saturday, killing at least 15 people, according to officials.
Pakistan summoned the top Afghan diplomat in the country on Monday after concluding that the attack was “masterminded by terrorists residing in Afghanistan”, the foreign ministry said.
Taliban government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in a post on X that Kabul “considers the recent statements by Pakistani officials, which claimed that the attack on the police station in Bannu was planned in Afghanistan, baseless”.
“Afghanistan considers the resolution of issues possible through mutual understanding, respect and genuine cooperation,” he added.
