Sunday, October 20, 2012
Kabul (BNA) The president of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan strongly condemned planting of street mines that killed innocent countrymen in Balkh province yesterday.
According to a report of interior ministry, a passenger vehicle which was carrying a number of countrymen for participation at the marriage ceremony in Dawlatabad district of Balkh hit a street mine as a result of which 19 occupants were martyred and 14 others wounded.
The president strongly condemned this terrorist and inhuman act on the path of the innocent people and considered it an enmity with humanity.
The president added that those who are turning the joy and happiness of people into pains will not remain without punishment in this world and they will suffer in the other world as well.
President Karzai conveyed his deep sympathies over the martyrdom of the innocent countrymen to the bereaved families of martyrs and wished peace for the souls of the martyrs and asked patience for the family members.
