Pakistan Accuses Afghanistan, India of Dasu Incident on Chinese Nationals
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Thursday that India’s Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) and Afghanistan’s National Security Directorate (NDS) were behind the Dasu incident.
The incident claimed nine Chinese citizens and three Pakistanis in July.
During a press conference at Islamabad, Qureshi said the Dasu incident was planned and carried out from Afghan soil, with close ties between the Afghan and Indian intelligence agencies.
He said that after extensive investigations, it was revealed that the Afghan NDS and the Indian RAW were involved in the incident because they failed to digest Chinese investments in Pakistan and the growing economic cooperation between Pakistan and China.
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Authorities examined 36 surveillance cameras throughout the 1,400 kilometers the bus traveled, he said.
“We found a thumb, a finger and body parts […] which were then analyzed,” the foreign minister said, adding that authorities are currently quite confident that they must be among the suicide bombers.
The foreign minister said that the Pakistani government had kept the Chinese side informed at each stage of the investigation and that China was completely satisfied with the investigation by the Pakistani authorities.
Qureshi said the enemies would fail in their shameful plans to damage the long-standing friendship between Pakistan and China.
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He said the two countries agreed to further strengthen their bilateral cooperation after the incident.
Qureshi said authorities also recovered cell phones from the bus, which had security guards and Chinese nationals on board, and data on them are also being investigated.
“We came to the first conclusion that it was a blind case and that it cannot be solved easily, but our institutions have solved it successfully,” said the Chancellor.
He said that more than 1,000 workers from the Dasu Hydel project were examined and interviewed.
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