On Thursday, the deputy spokesman for the Ministry of Defense (MoD), Mohammad Radmanesh, announced that General Mohammad Katawazai, the former commander of the Afghan National Army’s 209 Shaheen Military Corps in Balkh province will be prosecuted for negligence over last week’s attack, but on Friday MoD officials said Thursday’s announcement had been a mistake.

“My deputy made a mistake. Once the investigations are finalized by the task-team, he will be introduced to the judicial centers,” Dawlat Waziri, MoD spokesman said.

On Thursday Radmanesh said Katawazai will be prosecuted after failing to prevent the deadly attack last Friday on the army base, which ended in a bloodbath.

“In the first move, the military corps commander was dismissed and introduced to the judicial institutions,” Radmanesh said at the time.

Parliament Members (MPs) sharply criticized this development by the defense ministry officials and said government is not honest in prosecuting those who are guilty of negligence.

“We hope that in addition to the military corps commander, the former officials of the defense ministry also should be investigated to assure people that government is taking care of their security,” MP Sadiqi Zada Nilli said.

Government officials however said they will thoroughly investigate the attack on the military corps and will punish those who failed to carry out their duties as required.

“President (Ashraf) Ghani said during a visit to the military corps that the incident should be investigated thoroughly, and it will be investigated,” said Shah Hussain Murtazawi, a spokesman for the president.

This attack came just weeks after another deadly attack on a military installation – the Sardar Mohammad Daud Military Hospital in Kabul.