(MENAFN- Afghanistan Times) 'Collective efforts require to root terrorism out'
AT News Report
KABUL: Terrorism is a cancer in the region and its
elimination requires collective efforts, President Ashraf Ghani said this in
reaction to a deadly terrorist attack in India that killed 37, wounding five
others.
President Ghani strongly condemned the terrorist attack that
targeted CRPF personnel in Jammu and Kashmir.
'The government of Afghanistan expresses its sympathy and
deep condolences to the Indian government and people, and the families of the
soldiers who fell victim to the incident,' President Ghani said.
He furthered, 'Terrorism is a cancer in the region, and it
requires collective efforts to root it out.'
Thursday's attack on a convoy of Indian soldiers killed 37
and wounded five, government spokesperson Bharat Bhushan said Friday. It was
deadliest attack on security forces since the beginning of the insurgency in
the late 1980s.
The Indian government has blamed Pakistan-based terrorist
organization Jaish-e-Mohammed for the attack.
"We demand that Pakistan stop supporting terrorists and
terror groups operating from their territory and dismantle the infrastructure
operated by terrorist outfits to launch attacks in other countries,"
India's Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
On Friday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi issued a
warning to terrorist groups, saying that the "the blood of the people is
boiling."
"I want to tell the terrorist organizations and their
supporters that have made a huge mistake. They will have to pay a very heavy
cost for this. I give assurance to the nation that the forces behind the
attack, the culprits behind this attack — they will definitely be punished for
their actions," he said at an event in New Delhi.
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