ISLAMABAD: Pakistan denies it has received any evidence showing
former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani’s assassination was planned
in Quetta.
Foreign Office spokesperson Tehmina Janjua said
Afghanistan has not shared any evidence with Pakistan in this regard.
“Pakistan is ready to cooperate with Afghanistan to investigate
Rabbani’s killing,” she continued.
The spokesperson said that
Prime Minister Gilani had offered his government’s cooperation with
Afghanistan to probe any incident. This offer stands effective, she
added.
Earlier, Afghanistan’s intelligence service claimed it
has handed Pakistani authorities evidence showing former Afghan
President Burhanuddin Rabbani’s assassination was planned in Quetta.
Lutifullah
Mashal, a spokesman for the Afghan intelligence service, says the plot
originated in the Satellite Town, near Quetta. Afghan President Hamid
Karzai also announced that talks with Taliban are over. Online
