Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Saturday said it will probe reports that the Taliban used chemical materials in their attack on PD6 in Kabul in which 21 people were killed and 104 others wounded.

Foreign troops will assist in the investigation.

Sediq Sediqqi, spokesman of the ministry said they are worried about the reports and will investigate the matter seriously.

“We are trying to investigate the reports with the help of our foreign allies stationed in Afghanistan who have good equipment to establish what kinds of chemical material were used in the blast, if any,” he said.

Two Taliban fighters entered in the compound of PD6 and opened fire on soldiers trapped there. The soldiers later claimed chemical materials were used to threatening their lives.

Shuja Khan, a police officer of PD6 commentating said: “They set alight something like a document and threw it in the room. It smelt like a gas. My handkerchief was full of blood and I covered my nose with it. I said to myself that being burnt was better than being dead,”

Internationally there have been serious concerns over the use of chemical substances by the Taliban. India’s defense minister has said he is worried that Taliban may have access to chemical weapons.

“If chemical weapons were used, it is a violation of international law. Access by terrorist groups’ to chemical weapons has to be questioned, because they themselves cannot make it,” Mujib Rahimi, CEO spokesman said.

Afghanistan has shared many documents with its allies and Pakistan that prove terrorist attacks are masterminded outside Afghanistan, but yet no action has been taken to prevent such attacks.