By NNN-PTI,
Washington : Amidst indications emerging of Pakistan-based LeT’s involvement in the attack on Indians in Kabul, the top US envoy for the region today cautioned against jumping to conclusions, saying Indian facility was not the target.
“In regard to this attack, I don’t accept the fact that this was an attack on an Indian facility like the (Indian) embassy. They were foreigners, non-Indian foreigners hurt. It was a soft target. Let’s not jump to conclusions,” Special US Representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke told reporters at a news briefing here.
Holbrooke was responding to a question regarding a terrorist attack at a Kabul hotel in which six Indians were killed.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has termed it as an attack on Indians. However, the US officials said it is too early to arrive at a conclusion.
“I understand why everyone in Pakistan and everyone in India always focuses on the other.