ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani security guard Israr Mohammad was flown back to Peshawar on Friday night after he was critically injured in an attack targeting Pakistan s Head of Mission in Kabul Ubaid-ur-Rehman Nizamani.
“The helicopter carrying the injured security guard Israr Mohammad in today’s attack on our mission in Kabul, has landed in Peshawar,” the Foreign Office spokesperson said in a statement.
Earlier in the day, the compound of the Embassy of Pakistan in Kabul came under attack targeting the Head of Mission, Ubaid-ur-Rehman Nizamani.
The Head of the Mission remained safe however, a Pakistani security guard Sepoy Israr Mohammad was critically injured in the attack while protecting the envoy.
Pakistan also summoned the Afghan Charge d affaires to convey its “deep concern and anguish” over the attack in Kabul on Pakistan’s Head of Mission.
The interim Afghan government strongly condemned the attack and assured that a “serious investigation” would be conducted to bring the perpetrators to justice.