Two armed motorcyclists attacked the house of an Afghan diplomat in the early hours of Friday in University Town Peshawar. Unknown armed men on motorcycles opened fire on Yousufzai's house around 2am, the SP said. Initial investigation revealed a sub-machine gun was used to fire at the house and 29 bullet casings had been recovered from the site of the attack, he said.
The town police filed an FIR against the unidentified persons. SP Cantonment Area Kashif Khan said Consulate official Humayun Yousufzai was unhurt.
The Khorasan chapter of the Middle Eastern ultra-extremist group Islamic State, also known by its Arabic acronym Da'ish, claimed responsibility for the attack. The attack occurred after a Pakistani Consulate in Afghanistan's Jalalabad area was the target of an hour-long gun and bomb siege on Wednesday.
Both attacks occurred just days after Pakistan, Afghanistan, China and the United States met to discuss a framework to guide the reconciliation and peace process between the Afghan government and the Taliban.
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