The incident takes place on the same day as Pakistan Prime Minister condemned what he said was an assassination attempt on the country's Head of Mission in Kabul.
KABUL, Afghanistan – Two people were injured on Friday, December 2, in an attack in Kabul near the office of the Hezb-e-Islami party associated with former Afghan prime minister Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, but all the senior leaders were safe, the party said in a statement.
Kabul police and the interior ministry did not immediately respond to requests for comment. It was not immediately clear who was behind the attack. The attack on the Hezb-e-Islami party office occurred near a mosque where senior party leaders were present, but all – including Hekmatyar – were unscathed, according to the party statement and his grandson, Obaidullah Baheer.
One Taliban and one party source said a vehicle belonging to the attackers and packed with explosives had detonated near the office. Firing took place and two attackers were killed while trying to enter the mosque, they said.
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