- Tuesday, April 23, 2024
By: Shubham Ghosh
India on Thursday (26) strongly condemned the deadly terror attacks in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on the same day, telling the United Nations Security Council that these strikes reinforce the need for the world to stand unitedly against terrorism and all those who give shelter to terrorists.
Two suicide bomb attacks targeted crowds of Afghans rushing to the airport in the Afghan capital to flee the country in the wake of the Taliban’s takeover. More than 100 people were reportedly killed, including 13 American troops. US president Joe Biden vowed to “hunt” down the terrorists and make them “pay” for the deadly attacks outside the Kabul airport.
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The Islamic State Khorasan, or ISIS-K, which is the Afghan offshoot of the Islamic State terror group, reportedly claimed responsibility for the attacks.
“Let me begin by strongly condemning the terrorist attack in Kabul. We extend our heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims of this terrorist attack,” Ambassador T S Tirumurti, India’s permanent representative to the UN and president of the security council, said on Thursday. India is holding the council’s presidency for the month of August.
Speaking in the UNSC briefing on Ethiopia, Tirumurti said the attacks in Kabul “reinforce the need for the world to stand unitedly against terrorism and all those who provide sanctuaries to terrorists.”
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UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres told reporters that he expressed in the “strongest possible way” his condemnation for the horrific terrorist attack in Kabul.
He expressed condolences to the families of all those that “perished – Afghans and those that were helping there, the Afghans, and died serving the lives of others. I have also asked my Special Representative [Deborah Lyons] to convey directly to Kabul my deep condolences to the Afghan people.”
