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Evidence of Lashkar Involvement in Kabul Attacks: Afghan Official

An Afghan official has blamed Pakistan-based Laskar-e-Taiba (LeT) for the car bomb and suicide attacks in which 16 people, including six Indians, were killed last week, reported Associated Press.

Saeed Ansari, a spokesman for Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security, said that his agency had proof of Pakistanis involvement in the attacks and that one of the attackers was heard speaking Urdu, said report.

According to Ansari, Taliban ‘had no knowledge’ of the Kabul attacks upto five hours after they started, said report.

The Afghan Taliban had earlier claimed responsibility for Friday’s assaults that targeted residential hotels popular with foreigners.

Speaking to media persons in individual meetings, Ansari said that the government was instituting a ban on live coverage at attack sites, said report.

He refused specific details of the ban but said that there would be punitive measures taken against journalists who did not comply, report said.

However, the Afghan government later denied it had banned live media coverage of insurgent attacks, saying that it was developing guidelines, not restrictions, to prevent live footage from aiding fighters at the scene.

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It may be mentioned that an English daily had reported that the Indian government had LeT on its radar of prime suspects given that the October 2009 attempt on its Kabul embassy was traced to this outfit.

Also, US counter-terrorism officials had conveyed to Indian authorities a few weeks ago that they had credible information about the Lashkar spreading its network rapidly in Afghanistan with the intention to target Indian assets.

Their assessment was that this network was willing to work closely with al-Qaeda elements.

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