Thursday, September 06, 2012
Kabul (BNA) Following yesterday’s suicide bombing that ruthlessly killed and injured many innocent people in Dur Baba district in Nangerhar province, President Hamid Karzai spoke this morning on the phone with the district governor Hajji Hamisha Gul and expressed his condolences and sympathies over the loss of the sub-governor’s son and many other innocent civilians killed and injured in Tuesday’s bombing.
Deeply grieved by the incident, the President described the terrorist attacks, now increasingly targeting innocent civilians, as acts intended to “massacre Muslims”.
Governor Gul briefed the President on further details into the incident, which he described a mass slaughter of innocent Muslims who had gathered for an Islamic ceremony.
The President said, “The enemy of Islam and of Afghanistan must understand that they will never succeed by pressuring the public through such brutal acts of terror to achieve their heinous goals, but rather would further embolden the people’s determination in serving their country and their religion.”
President Karzai instructed the Army Chief of Staff to transport to Kabul the injured for better medical care and directed the provincial governor to reach the families of the victims and the wounded with relief assistance.
