By APP,
United Nations : The Security Council has strongly condemned Sunday’s terrorist attack on a Kabul ceremony, which was attended by President Hamid Karzai and other dignitaries, and urged that those responsible for this “reprehensible” act be brought to justice.
Karzai, who has survived three assassination attempts in recent years, escaped uninjured in the attack, which claimed the lives of two Parliament members and injured nine others, including two Afghan National Police officers.
While expressing their condolences to the families of the victims as well as to the people and Government of Afghanistan, members of the Council “underlined the need to bring perpetrators, organizers, financiers, and sponsors of this reprehensible act of terrorism to justice,” and urged all States to cooperate with the Afghan authorities in this regard.
In a statement read out to the press on Monday by Ambassador Dumisani Kumalo of South Africa, which holds the rotating presidency of the 15-member body for April, the Council noted that the Taliban had claimed responsibility for the attack.
It went on to stress that “no terrorist act can reverse the path to peace, democracy and reconstruction in Afghanistan which is supported by the people and the Government of Afghanistan and the international community.”