Iran Condemns Terrorist Attacks in Baghdad, Kabul

Rasa - The Iranian foreign ministry on Tuesday deplored the terrorist attacks in Baghdad and Kabul, stressing the need for the international community to force supporters cut their aid to the terrorist groups.

News ID: 423262

Date: 06 September 2016 - 17:29

RNA - Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi condemned the attacks, and extended his condolences to the Iraqi and Afghan governments and people over losing their beloved ones.

Warning that delaying serious campaign against terrorism would incur dire consequences and cause its rapid growth in all parts of the world, he said, "While the international community doesn’t show the necessary and real will to identify the root causes of Takfiri-Wahhabi terrorism and doesn’t force the countries which support these terrorist groups to account for their deeds and cut support for these groups, their violent and terrorist actions will continue and the world people will everyday observe the pains of the innocent and defenseless people of these countries."

A third massive explosion shook Central Kabul, hours after a Taliban double bombing in the Afghan capital killed at least 24 people and left 91 others wounded.

Hours earlier, high-level officials, including an army general, were killed in a double suicide bombing close to the Afghan defense ministry in Kabul. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, which occurred during the late afternoon rush hour on Monday.

Also in Baghdad, at least nine people were killed late on Monday in a car bomb attack claimed by the ISIL near a hospital in a central district, police and hospital sources said.

A suicide bomber had targeted a gathering of Shi'ite Muslims in the Karrada district.

The police and hospital sources said 20 people were also wounded in the blast and they expected the death toll to rise.

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