Riyadh denies killing of Saudis in Afghanistan

The Saudi ambassador in Pakistan Ali al-Oseiri denied in press statements issued on Thursday the embassy to have known the killing of any Saudis in Afghanistan since the beginning of the military operations against the Afghani Taliban movement until the present time.

He told al-Riyadh daily " I regret what was issued of names of Saudis who were killed in Afghanistan during the current incidents." Al-Oseiri stressed that the embassy which is the official side to which such incidents are reported, " did not receive any of the sort nor reports on the killing of Saudis in Afghanistan."