ISI trained one Kabul hotel attacker: Afghanistan official claims
Kabul, Jan 30 (IBNS): Afghanistan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Mahmoud Saikal on Monday claimed that one of the attackers, who was involved in last week’s attack on Kabul Intercontinental Hotel, was trained by Pakistan's ISI.
" Abdul Qahar, father of one of the terrorists involved in last week attack on #Kabul Intercontinental Hotel, concedes his son was trained in Chaman of #Balochistan Province of #Pakistan by the Inter-Services Intelligence of Pakistan.Qahar is currently in custody of Afg authorities," he tweeted.
Abdul Qahar, father of one of the terrorists involved in last week attack on #Kabul Intercontinental Hotel, concedes his son was trained in Chaman of #Balochistan Province of #Pakistan by the Inter-Services Intelligence of Pakistan.Qahar is currently in custody of Afg authorities pic.twitter.com/5FsZRoBtNC
— Mahmoud Saikal (@MahmoudSaikal) January 29, 2018
The Taliban had claimed responsibility for the attack.
The incident left 103 people killed.
Afghanistan has witnessed several militant attacks in the past few days.
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