Afghanistan on Thursday hit back at Pakistan after a shrine bombing killed at least 55 people in Kabul, saying it was up to Islamabad to act after the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) purportedly took responsibility.

Pakistan on Wednesday urged Afghanistan to provide hard evidence to support claims that the militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi was behind the devastating attack on Shia Muslims after President Hamid Karzai demanded justice.

But in a developing war of words between the neighbours, whose relations are frequently tense, Kabul said Thursday that it was up to Pakistan to investigate without waiting any longer.

“It was the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi which claimed responsibility,” Aimal Faizi, Karzai’s spokesman, told AFP.

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