The German Ambassador to Afghanistan denied reports by some German media outlets that he knew of the planned attack on his embassy in Kabul.
 
Ambassador Walter Hassmann told TOLOnews that if he had been in possession of such information, all staff at the embassy would have been evacuated ahead of the incident. 
 
“If we had known about this attack, we would have both relocated and evacuated the embassy and would inform the neighborhood, we didn’t know about this attack, we knew that these bombs are out there, there is a constant stream of threats against us, against Afghan institutions we all know that, we try to be careful as we can, but we did not know about this attack coming in the morning,” said Hassman.
 
The envoy said that what they knew was that there was a common threat out against all the foreign and government institutions in the region.
 
“This cold blooded act of terror can not be justified either politically nor religiously. Germany will be true to her Afghan friends, we will continue our cooperation and will support the Afghan government under more and more difficult conditions and the safety and security conditions. But we are determined to reconstruct our embassy, we will remain there and we will be here to help our Afghan friends,” he said. 

Meanwhile,  ambassador for the U.S to Afghanistan Hugo Llorens, praised the police for having stopped the truck from gaining access to the Green Zone. 
 
He said that these brave soldiers by defying the attacker saved the US embassy from a tragedy. 
 
“Let's devote special recognition to these brave heroes who gave everything to save their fellow man, their courage and sense of duty possibly prevented a catastrophy in our embassy and I offer the heartfelt condolences of President Donald Trump and the people of the United States,” said Llorens.
 
Meanwhile, the German embassy has been closed since the attack and many employees evacuated from Kabul. 
 
Hassmann said: “We are determined. We will stay here. "