Bahrain condemns terrorist bombings in Afghanistan

TDT | Manama

The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com

Bahrain yesterday condemned in strongest terms the terrorist bombings in Afghanistan, which targeted a school and an educational centre in Kabul, a mosque in Mazar-i-Sharif and another in Kunduz city, killing and injuring dozens.

Foreign Ministry, in a statement, strongly denounced the attacks as “criminal acts” and said such attacks are aimed at undermining the security and stability of Afghanistan. Bahrain also renewed its call for the necessity of concerted international efforts to combat violence, extremism and terrorism in all their forms.

Meanwhile, a new blast yesterday tore through a Sunni mosque during Friday prayers in the Afghan city of Kunduz, killing 33 people and wounding dozens more, officials said. Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesman for the Taliban administration, in a Tweet confirmed the death toll and said 43 people had also been wounded.

“The perpetrators of these incidents are...evil elements and serious efforts are being made to arrest and punish them,” he said. It was not clear who was behind the explosion that the local commander said hit the mosque during Friday prayers. Several blasts claimed by Islamic State hit the northern cities of Kunduz and Mazari-Sharif on Thursday.

One of them, at a mosque and another days earlier at a school in western Kabul, targeted the Shia minority. Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers say they have secured the country since taking power in August, but international officials and analysts say the risk of a resurgence in militancy remains.