02 August 2016

News Story: Afghans widely condemn truck bomb in Kabul

KABUL, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- Afghans from all walks of life have strongly condemned the devastating truck bomb that struck Kabul on Monday early morning terming it as a coward terrorist act.

The shocking attack, which left four people including a policeman and three attackers dead, has caused panic among the war-weary Afghans and drawned hatred and condemnation.

"This is heinous crime against humanity and I condemn this coward terrorist act in its strongest term," Afghan government Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah said in a statement released here hours after the deadly bombing.

Blaming the enemies of peace for organizing the deadly truck bombing, Abdullah in the statement noted that enemies of peace by organizing terrorist activities want to destroy peace and stability in Afghanistan.

The attack, which started at 01:30 a.m. local time targeting on a foreign guest house the North Gate camp in Dispachari locality of Pul-e-Charkhi area, Monday morning, according to Kabul police chief Abdul Rahman Rahimi, killed four people including one policeman and three attackers while three more police officers were injured in the following blast and firefight which lasted for hours.

Read the full story at Xinhua