New Delhi, August 19: India has strongly condemned a “horrific” suicide bombing attack at one of Kabul’s wedding hall that claimed the lives of at least 63 people with more than 180 individual injured.
In an official statement, the ministry of external affairs said, “India strongly condemns the horrific bombing in Kabul yesterday at a wedding hall in which innocent civilians lost their lives. We express our sincere condolences to the families of the victims of this cowardly attack and wish early recovery to the injured.”
The statement also called for the Kabul attack’s perpetrators and “those who provide (them the) shelter” to be dragged under justice expeditiously, according to ANI news reports.
The attack took place on Saturday night bombing the Dubai City wedding hall in a western neighbourhood, Kabul – home to several in the nation’s minority Shia Hazara community.
The IS (Islamic State) has claimed the responsibility of the Kabul attack – expected to be the deadliest terror attack this year in the war-ravaged nation.
Eyewitnesses and sources said the wedding hall was accumulated with guests when the suicide bomb exploded, according to the Afghan-based reporters Bilal Sarwary.