New Delhi, May 9 (UNI) India on Sunday 'strongly' condemned the terrorist attack on girls school in Kabul which claimed at least 50 lives.
"We strongly condemn the terrorist attack on Sayed al-Shuhada Girls school in Kabul yesterday, which killed more than 50 innocent girl students during the holy month of Ramadan. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and friends of the young girls who lost their lives in this barbarous attack," the Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement.
On Saturday, serial attacks were carried out near a secondary school for girls in Kabul, killing at least 50 and injuring over 100, most of which were students attending the school.
MEA said that targeting young girl students, makes this an attack on the future of Afghanistan. "The perpetrators clearly seek to destroy the painstaking and hard-won achievements that the Afghans have put in place over the last two decades," the statement read.
The Ministry called out for an urgent need to dismantle terrorist sanctuaries and need for a comprehensive nation-wide ceasefire to make the peace process meaningful and sustainable.
"India has always supported the education of Afghan youth and remains committed to the progress and development of Afghanistan," the MEA added.
The capital city Kabul with a population of nearly 5 million has been several times hit by a series of terror attacks by Taliban insurgents and militants of the Islamic State (IS), even as the peace talks continue between negotiation teams of the insurgent Taliban and the government in the Qatar capital of Doha.
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