PM Narendra Modi strongly condemns Kabul bomb attack, says India stands with Afghanistan

Prime Minister Narendra Modi condemned the deadly bomb blast in Kabul on Wednesday while extending solidarity to Afghanistan. Further, he also underlined the need for defeating forces supporting terrorism.Modi, who is in Spain on a visit, said India stands with Afghanistan in fighting all forms of terrorism.

“We strongly condemn the terrorist blast in Kabul. Our thoughts are with the families of the deceased & prayers with the injured,” he tweeted. In another tweet, he said, “Forces supporting terrorism need to be defeated.”

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#WATCH Visuals from the blast site in Kabul, Indian embassy staff safe. AP reports 50 people have been killed or wounded #Afghanistan pic.twitter.com/a6rC71DKea

— ANI (@ANI_news) May 31, 2017

The prime minister’s message came after a powerful truck bomb killed at least 80 people and wounded more than 300 in the Afghanistan capital’s diplomatic quarter on Wednesday morning.  

India stands with Afghanistan in fighting all types of terrorism. Forces supporting terrorism need to be defeated.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 31, 2017

We strongly condemn the terrorist blast in Kabul. Our thoughts are with the families of the deceased & prayers with the injured.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 31, 2017

The blast occurred pretty close to the Indian embassy and Union Minister for External Affairs, Sushma Swaraj also used Twitter to confirm that the staff of the embassy are safe. 

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By God's grace, Indian Embassy staff are safe in the massive #Kabul blast, tweets EAM Sushma Swaraj pic.twitter.com/2jYpSV8Osa

— ANI (@ANI_news) May 31, 2017

Indian ambassador to Kabul Manpreet Vohra too claimed that although the embassy building suffered considerable breakages, all the staff are safe.

With PTI inputs