Afghan Intelligence – National Directorate of Security (NDS) said Tuesday that the attack on Serena Hotel in Kabul city was carried out by Pakistani intelligence services.

NDS spokesman, Lotfullah Mashal told reporters that the Taliban group and Haqqani terrorist network do not have the capabilities to plan such a sophisticated attack.

Mr. Mashal further added that the Pakistani nationals were also not present in the hotel at the time of the attack, which was unusual.

He said the Taliban group in Afghanistan did not have a vital role in the attack on Serena hotel since Taliban have continuously failed to carry out attack on the hotel but they failed.

According to Mashal, investigations have revealed that an employee of Serena hotel had direct links with Pakistan’s military intelligence – Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).

At least nine people including two children and four foreign nationals were killed in the attack on Serena hotel last week.

The remarks by NDS spokesman comes as the National Security Council (NSC) of Afghanistan accused the Pakistani intelligence services for being involved in last week’s attack.

However, Pakistani officials have refused the allegations by Afghan officials and said they are seriously concerned after Afghan officials accused Pakistan for having role in the attack.