Peshawar, July 16: The Hizb-e-Islami Afghanistan (HIA), a hard-line mujahideen group led by former Afghan Prime Minister Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, has blamed the Northern Alliance (NA) for the last week’s suicide attack on Indian embassy in Kabul killing 58 persons, including four Indians.

In a statement, the HIA said that the Alliance backed such terrorist attacks due to its animosity towards Pakistan.

However, the statement dismissed the allegations by Afghan President Hamid Karzai that Pakistan was behind the attack, the Daily Times reported.

“Certain leaders holding positions in Karzai’s cabinet belonged to the NA. Those (NA) people want to create differences between India and Pakistan with such tactics,” the statement added.

Kabul - A group of gunmen kidnapped two Turkish engineers working at a construction project in Afghanistan's western Herat province yesterday, a senior police official said Tuesday. 

Kabul - Nine International Security Assistance (ISAF) soldiers were killed and 15 more were wounded in fighting that started early Sunday in the north-eastern province of Kunar, officials said.

Kabul  - A NATO soldier

Kabul - Two soldiers of the NATO-led international forces were killed and one was wounded in Paktika province, while several key members of the insurgency were killed in Kandahar province, official