KARACHI: Pakistani Chargé d’Affaires to Afg­hanistan Ubaidur Reh­m­­an Nizamani has returned to Kabul, more than four months after he survived an attempt on his life, Dawn.com reported on Monday.

“Yes, I have resumed my responsibilities,” Mr Niza­mani told Dawn.com.

Foreign Office spokespe­rson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch and Pakistan emb­assy’s press counsellor Tahir Nawaz did not respond to the request for comment.

In December last year, Pakistan’s embassy in Kabul came under attack, leaving one security guard critically injured. The FO had confirmed that Mr Nizamani, who remained unhurt in the attack, was the target. The militant IS-K group claimed responsibility for the attack.

At the time, Mr Niza­m­a­­ni was in Kabul for less than a month since he took over the charge as head of mission, replacing former am­­bassador Mansoor Ahmed Khan on Nov 4 last year. Ten days after the atta­­ck, five Chinese natio­nals were wounded in a bombing-and-shooting attack on a Kabul hotel, prompting China to ask its nationals to leave the country.

In January, Afghan Tali­ban spokesperson Zabih­ullah Mujahid said the mi­­litants, involved in the at­­t­ack on the embassy and the hotel where Chinese nat­io­nals were staying, were killed in an operation.

Published in Dawn, April 18th, 2023