ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has strongly condemned the terrorist attack in Kabul during Jumatul Vida’s prayers.
A message released by the Prime Minister’s Office on the social networking site Twitter said that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had strongly condemned the terrorist attack on a mosque in Kabul.
He expressed sorrow over the loss of precious lives in the bomb blast and offered condolences to the affected families.
Prime Minister Mohammad Shehbaz Sharif has strongly condemned the terrorist attack at a mosque in Kabul. He expressed his deep sense of grief and sorrow at the loss of precious lives and conveyed his condolences and sympathies to the bereaved families.
— Prime Minister’s Office (@PakPMO) April 30, 2022
Read more: Bomb blast in Kabul mosque during Friday prayers kills 50 worshipers
A bomb blast in a mosque in western Kabul during Friday prayers killed more than 5o people, media reports said, however, Afghan officials confiremd only 10 casualties.
Bismillah Habib, the deputy spokesman for the interior ministry, said the blast had hit the Khalifa Sahib Mosque in western Kabul at around 2 pm local time.
One man, who was inside the mosque at the time, told Reuters a huge blast tore through the building during prayers, the explosion burning his feet and hands.
Mohammad Sabir, a resident in the area, said he had seen people being loaded into ambulances after the explosion.
“The blast was very loud, I thought my eardrums were cracked,” he said.
