Holbrooke says Kabul attack not targeted at Indian facility

Washington, Mar 3 (PTI) Amidst indications emerging of
Pakistan-based LeT's involvement in the attack on Indians in
Kabul, the top US envoy for the region Tuesday cautioned
against jumping to conclusions, saying Indian facility was not
the target.
"In regard to this attack, I don't accept the fact
that this was an attack on an Indian facility like the
(Indian) embassy. They were foreigners, non-Indian foreigners
hurt. It was a soft target. Let's not jump to conclusions,"
Special US Representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard
Holbrooke told reporters at a news briefing here.
Holbrooke was responding to a question regarding a
terrorist attack at a Kabul hotel in which six Indians were
killed.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has termed it as an
attack on Indians. However, the US officials said it is too
early to arrive at a conclusion.
"I understand why everyone in Pakistan and everyone in
India always focuses on the other. But please, let's not draw
a conclusion for which there's no proof," Holbrooke said.
However, a spokesman for Afghanistan's intelligence
service was quoted as saying that his agency has evidence that
Pakistanis, specifically Lashkar-e-Taiba, were involved in the
attacks on February 26. (MORE) PTI