Pakistan strongly condemns terrorist attacks in Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has strongly condemned terrorist attacks on a medical facility in Kabul and on a funeral in Nangarhar province of Afghanistan.

Foreign Office Spokesperson in a statement issued said Pakistan condemns inhuman and cowardly terrorist attacks, which resulted in the loss of precious human lives.

It further said these terrorist acts are particularly despicable as they take place in the holy month of Ramazan and at a time when Afghanistan is grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Pakistan condemns terrorism in all its forms and manifestations and will continue to support a peaceful and stable Afghanistan,” the spokesperson added. 

The statement extended heartfelt sympathies and condolences to the families of victims and prayers for early recovery for those injured. It said, “our thoughts and prayers are also with the Afghan people in this hour of grief.”

#Pakistan strongly condemns the inhuman and cowardly terrorist attack on a medical facility in #Kabul and suicide attack on a funeral in #Nangarhar province, resulting in the loss of so many precious lives. @mfa_afghanistan
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— Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Pakistan (@ForeignOfficePk) May 12, 2020

 Four civilians and an assailant were killed and five others were wounded after two explosions rocked a maternity hospital in the Dasht-e-Barchi neighborhood in the western part of Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Tuesday, the country’s Interior Ministry confirmed.

“Three armed assailants stormed the hospital building roughly at 10:00 a.m. (local time). One assailant was shot and killed by the Crisis Response Unit (CRU) of the Afghan National Police. The CRU is clearing the building during an ongoing counter-attack,” the ministry said in a statement.

More than 80 patients and medical personnel were rescued from the building shortly after the CRU forces arrive in the area, the statement added.