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Afghan govt pays for Pak Embassy damage
Islamabad, July 19: Afghanistan has paid a compensation of Rs 3 million to Pakistan for the attack on its embassy in Kabul early this month.
Islamabad, July 19: Afghanistan has paid a compensation of Rs 3 million to Pakistan for the attack on its embassy in Kabul early this month.
"On instructions of President Hamid Karzai a foreign ministry official delivered 2.8 million Afghanis to our ambassador in Kabul on Thursday," sources in the ministry of foreign affairs told an English daily in Pak.
After the attack on its embassy in Kabul on July 8, Pakistan had lodged a strong protest with the Afghan government. Apart from demanding an apology, Pakistan also asked the Afghan government to pay for the damages inflicted and institute an inquiry into the failure of the security forces to prevent the armed attack.
Pakistan has expressed the hope that its embassy in Kabul is soon reopened. "We hope that it (embassy) will start functioning soon after the necessary repairs," said a senior official at the foreign office.
"It is certainly not in our interest to see a downward trend in our relations with Afghanistan," the official said. Bureau Report
After the attack on its embassy in Kabul on July 8, Pakistan had lodged a strong protest with the Afghan government. Apart from demanding an apology, Pakistan also asked the Afghan government to pay for the damages inflicted and institute an inquiry into the failure of the security forces to prevent the armed attack.
Pakistan has expressed the hope that its embassy in Kabul is soon reopened. "We hope that it (embassy) will start functioning soon after the necessary repairs," said a senior official at the foreign office.
"It is certainly not in our interest to see a downward trend in our relations with Afghanistan," the official said. Bureau Report