In a post on his Twitter account, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the “Islamic Emirate” of Afghanistan condemns the recent attack on clergymen at a pilgrimage site in Iran.
“This has nothing to do with the Afghans and Afghanistan,” he said.
A foreign assailant stabbed three clergymen at the shrine of the eighth Shiite Imam in Mashhad on Tuesday afternoon, killing one and injuring two others.
The attacker, 21, was later identified as Abdullatif Muradi, a man of Uzbek descent. He had reportedly entered Iran illegally from Pakistan a year ago before residing in Mashhad.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has directed the Intelligence Ministry to identify and arrest all elements with a role in the attack.