Emirati ambassador Juma al-Kaabi has died of wounds sustained in an attack in Afghanistan earlier this year.
Five Emirati humanitarian workers >initially died in the January attack on a provincial governor's guesthouse in Afghanistan. The aid workers were in Afghanistan carrying out humanitarian, educational and development work.
Emirati ambassador Juma al-Kaabi was injured in the attack.
At the time, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, the UAE's Prime Minister and Vice President, said that "there is no human, moral or religious justification for the bombing and killing of people trying to help."
"It is with great pride that we mourn the humanitarian workers who were martyred in the Republic of Afghanistan. The lives of five martyrs were cut short as they were seeking to assist the needy."
State news named the deceased humanitarian workers as Mohammed Ali Zainal Al Bastaki, Abdullah Mohammed Essa Obaid Al Kaabi, Ahmed Rashid Salim Ali Al Mazroui, Ahmed Abdul Rahman Ahmad Al Tunaiji, and Abdul Hamid Sultan Abdullah Ibrahim Al Hammadi. The humanitarian workers and the ambassador were visiting the guesthouse of provincial Afghani Gov. Homayun Azizia. At least six others were killed in the blast, in addition to the Emirati casualties.
It was unclear which group was behind the blast. While the Taliban claimed responsibility for a separate attack earlier in the day, they denied responsibility for the guesthouse blast, blaming local rivalries.
States news said that UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed "mourned, with deep sorrow and grief, the death of a number of UAE's sons who died Tuesday evening as a result of the terrorist bombing."