Malaysia condemns terrorist attack in Kabul


  • Nation
  • Saturday, 30 Dec 2017

Afghan Shiite mourners and relatives weep during the burial ceremony for the one of the 41 victims of a bomb attack on a Shiite cultural center in Kabul on December 29, 2017. Mourners wept December 29 as they buried loved ones killed in a suicide attack on Shiites in Kabul, the latest victims in one of the bloodiest years for civilians on record in the war-torn country. Multiple blasts at a pro-Iran Shiite cultural centre in the Afghan capital on Thursday left more than 40 people dead and dozens more wounded in the brutal attack claimed by the Islamic State group. / AFP PHOTO / WAKIL KOHSAR.

PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia strongly condemns the heinous attack at the Shiite Cultural Centre in Kabul, Afghanistan that killed at least 41 people and injured numerous others on Thursday (Dec 28).

Wisma Putra said Malaysia also expressed its deepest condolences and sympathies to the government of Afghanistan and to the bereaved families.

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