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UN chief condemns recent attacks in Afghanistan

United Nations, May 27 (UNI) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemns the recent attacks in Afghanistan's capital Kabul and northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, which have claimed the lives of numerous civilians and children, Spokesman for the Secretary-General said.
“The Secretary-General extends his deepest condolences to the families of the victims and wishes a swift recovery to those injured,” Stephane Dujarric, the spokesman said in a statement on Thursday.
Attacks on passenger vehicles in Mazar-e-Sharif City and the Masjid Sharif Hazrat Zakaria mosque in Kabul City claimed lives of numerous civilians, among them members of the Hazara Shia community and at least 16 children, it read.
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