Sharif speaks to Ghani about suicide attack

Published November 25, 2014
Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. - AFP/File
Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. - AFP/File

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif called Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Monday and conveyed deep sympathy and condolences over the loss of precious lives in a suicide attack in Afghanistan on Sunday.

The prime minister condemned the deplorable and cowardly act.

While conveying Pakistan’s solidarity with the brotherly Afghan people, Mr Sharif expressed the confidence that through joint efforts Pakistan and Afghanistan would succeed in rooting out terrorism.

Over 50 people were killed and nearly 60 others injured when a suicide blast ripped through crowds at a volleyball game in the eastern Afghan province of Paktika, the deadliest attack in the country since 2001.

Published in Dawn, November 25th , 2014

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