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UN mission in Afghanistan condemns bomb attack

Xinhua, September 29, 2015 Adjust font size:

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Monday condemned a bomb attack in the country.

"The UNAMA condemns yesterday's suicide attack in Zarghun Shahr district in the south-eastern province of Paktika," it said in a statement.

On Sunday evening, a suicide attacker detonated a bomb during " a volleyball game, killing at least 17 civilians, including 15 children and injuring at least 60 others, the majority children."

"An attack deliberately targeting a group of civilians playing volleyball is an act bereft of humanity and clearly violates national and international law," said Tadamichi Yamamoto, the Secretary-General's Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan and acting head of UNAMA.

"This attack reflects the intent to destroy lives and spread terror among the civilian population," he said.

"UNAMA reiterates that attacks directed against civilians and civilian locations are grave violations of international humanitarian law, " the statement noted.

The mission also extended its condolences to the families of those killed and wishes those injured speedy recovery. Endi