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Roundup: Attack on German consulate in Afghan northern city widely condemned

Xinhua, November 11, 2016 Adjust font size:

A deadly vehicle-laden explosion in the vicinity of German consulate in Afghanistan northern Mazar-e-Sharif city on Thursday night for which Taliban outfit claimed responsibility has been widely condemned on Friday.

The deadly offensive claimed at least four lives and injured more than 100 others including women and children, besides damaging scores of houses and properties nearby.

President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani in a statement released by his office put the attack on the enemies of Afghanistan and condemned it in its strongest terms.

"Afghanistan's enemies, who are against all international and human laws and are committing crimes against humanity by attacking public and diplomatic places, should realize that this act of terror (Attack on German Consulate) will not weaken the will of Afghanistan and Germany in their combat against terrorism," Afghan president said in the statement.

Similarly, Afghan Foreign Ministry termed the deadly attack as a coward terrorist act and stated that "terrorists by targeting diplomatic missions and residential areas once again demonstrated their enmity with Afghanistan, its international friends and human beings."

Joining the condemnation, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) in a statement released here expresses its sincere condolences to the families of victims and wished a speedy recovery to those injured ones.

"Attacks deliberately targeting the civilian population and violence aimed at spreading terror among civilians may amount to war crimes under customary international humanitarian law," said a statement of UNAMA released here Friday.

Equally, the NATO-led Resolute Support (RS) mission in a statement also flayed the attack on German consulate.

"This attack by the Taliban once again shows that they use violence indiscriminately and don't care about the safety of civilians," Lieutenant General Sandy Storrie, Deputy Commander, Resolute Support, said in the statement.

"We condemn this attack and pledge that we will continue our mission to help the Afghan government and the Afghan people achieve peace, security and stability," the statement of NATO-led RS said. Endit