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Ahead of Imran-Trump meet, Afghanistan says Kandahar attack plotted in Pakistan

The attack on the police headquarter happened on Thursday and killed 12 people and the responsibility is taken by the Taliban.

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The attack on the police headquarters in Kandahar, Afghanistan had killed 12 people.
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The Afghan Intelligence Agency — National Directorate of Security (NDS) has said that the Kandahar terror attack was organised and directed from Chaman from Pakistan.

Chaman is the 2nd largest city of Pakistan's north-west Balochistan province and borders Afghanistan's Kandahar province. NDS will be releasing all the details of how the attack was planned from Pakistan tomorrow.

The attack on the police headquarter happened on Thursday and killed 12 people and the responsibility is taken by the Taliban.

This is not for the first time Afghanistan has said that an attack in the south Asian country had links across the border in Pakistan.

According to NDS, the 2017 Kabul terror attack near the German embassy that killed 150 people, the worst in Afghanistan, was planned in Pakistan.

The development comes ahead of the Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan's Washington visit to meet US President Donald Trump. Ahead of the visit, 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed was arrested on terror financing charges which US President said happened due to "pressure" from Washington.

These terror attacks have come even as Afghan peace process gathers pace. India on Thursday said, "any process should respect the constitutional legacy and political mandate" and "should not lead to any ungoverned spaces where terrorist and their proxies can relocate."

Both New Delhi and Kabul have blamed Islamabad for destabilising the region and providing sanctuaries to a terrorist on its territory, something which Pakistan has denied despite being provided evidence.

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