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U.S. condemns Kabul terrorist attack

Xinhua, April 20, 2016 Adjust font size:

The United States strongly condemned a deadly terrorist attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, early in the day, calling it a "cowardly" action, the White House said Tuesday.

A total of 28 people were killed and nearly 330 others wounded after a suicide car bombing hit a national intelligence agency building in central Kabul early Tuesday. Taliban later claimed the responsibility for the attack.

The United States "calls on the Taliban to pursue a pathway of peace instead of continuing a military campaign responsible for the senseless deaths of Afghan civilians," U.S. National Security Committee spokesperson Ned Price said in a White House statement.

Price said that the United States will continue to support the Afghan government and its security forces and to promote "peace and stability" in the region.

The U.S. State Department also condemned the attack in strongest terms in a statement on Tuesday, calling the incident "underscores the harm the Taliban and other violent extremists continue to inflict on the Afghan people." Enditem