<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; color: #222222; line-height: 16.8667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;">India has strongly condemned the terror attack on a convoy in Afghanistan last evening that left 20 people dead and an equal number injured in the city of Jalalabad. Ten members of the Afghan Sikh Community, including Avtar Singh Khalsa, were among those who lost their lives. Singh was a long time leader of Sikh community who had planned to run in the Parliamentary elections set for October.<br style="color: #000000; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;" />''<br style="color: #000000; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;" />''In a series of tweets, the Indian Embassy in Kabul described the attack as heinous and cowardly. It said, the incident underlined the need for united global fight against international terrorism without discrimination and accountability of those who support terrorists in any manner.<br style="color: #000000; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;" />''<br style="color: #000000; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;" />''A suicide bomber detonated his explosives when the Minority community members wanted to enter the Governor's house to meet Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, who was visiting the region.</span></p>
News On AIR | July 2, 2018 8:46 AM
India strongly condemns terror attack in Afghan city of Jalalabad that claimed 20 lives