Calling for perpetrators of the Kabul attack to be brought to justice expeditiously, India strongly condemns bloodshed on Afgan soils

New Delhi, August 19: Following the horrific suicide bombing incident in Afganistan’s Kabul region where amore than 60 were forced to breath last and a double of it got severely injured, India on Sunday strongly condemned the terrorist attack of which the ISIS has claimed the responsibility.

 

"India strongly condemns the horrific bombing in Kabul yesterday at a wedding hall in which innocent civilians lost their lives. We express our sincere condolences to the families of the victims of this cowardly attack and wish early recovery to the injured," the Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement.

 

 

The statement further called for the perpetrators of the attack and "those who provide (them the) shelter" to be brought to justice expeditiously.

 

 

Meanwhile blaming Pakistan for backing Taliban sponsoring terrorism, Ex-Afghan NSA Amrullah Saleh said that the Taliban were involved in the suicide bomb blast that took place in Kabul on Saturday night. Amrullah, who is also a vice-presidential candidate, stated that backed by Pakistan, Taliban are the inventors of suicide bombings, sectarian violence and the massacre of Afghani civilians just to weaken the state.

"Their denial of bombing at the wedding party last night doesn't cleanse the stinking stain from their forehead. They are terrorists," said Amrullah after Taliban denied responsibility for the attack that killed 63 and left more than 180 people injured.

Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani while condemning the attack said that despite the Taliban's denials of responsibility, it still shared some of the blame because it provided a platform for terrorists. "My top priority for now is to reach out to the families of victims of this barbaric attack”, Ghani said taking to the Twitter.