... the former foreign minister of the Northern Alliance government, advisor to Masood, and candidate for president against Karzai. Dr. Abdullah was born in Kabul and is half Tadjik and half Pashtun..., said he sees Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
and their supporters behind the attack.
The target of the attack was the Public Works Ministry and the National Authority on Disabled and Heirs of Martyrs’ Affairs in Kabul’s PD16.
"I condemn this crime," Abdullah said at an event in Kabul on Tuesday. "The enemies of Afghanistan once again committed a crime against the innocent people of the country. Whoever takes the responsibility of this act, the main perpetrator of this incident is the Taliban."
He described Taliban as is a group which has disrupted Afghanistan’s security with "cruelty" and a group which is taking the lives of civilians and has many times taken responsibility for "such heinous acts".
Abdullah said Taliban is a group which does not have "the courage" of face-to-face talks but it has "the cruelty" of conducting terror acts.
He also said that "any country which has given sanctuary to the Taliban and is giving safe haven to the group and are supporting them, are behind the attack".