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Pakistan strongly condemns terrorist attacks in Afghanistan’s Mazar-i-Sharif

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ERZURUM, TURKEY - APRIL 05 : Immigrants are seen at a police station in Erzurum, Turkey on April 05, 2018. Illegal immigrants are brought to Provincial Directorates Of Migration Management for the registration or deportation processes. Number of illegal immigrants caught in Turkey's Erzurum reach 13,400, approximately three times more than last year's statistics. Mostly Afghan and Pakistani people flee from their countries for unemployment and terror reasons, using any possible way into Turkey. Illegal immigrants get caught up in situations where they are dropped off from trucks, buses, minibuses, cabs and automobiles on the highways by the human traffickers they have paid for in different cities of Turkey's Eastern Anatolia Region before even reaching their destinations. Fahrettin Gok / Anadolu Agency

Pakistan has strongly condemned terrorist attacks in Mazar-i-Sharif, capital of Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province, which caused loss of precious Afghan lives, injuring many others, the Pakistani Foreign Ministry said.
“The government and people of Pakistan extend their sympathies, support and solidarity to the people of Afghanistan and particularly with the bereaved families,” the foreign ministry said in a statement on Friday.
At least nine civilians were killed and 13 others wounded in twin blasts on Thursday in Mazar-i-Sharif, a provincial police spokesman confirmed.
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“We believe these heinous acts of terrorism against innocent Afghans are aimed at weakening the resolve of the Afghan nation in pursuit of peace, stability and progress,” the foreign ministry said.
Pakistan urged the international community to extend all possible support and assistance to Afghanistan in combating terrorism and overcoming these challenges.

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