SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY SADDENED BY DEPLORABLE SUICIDE ATTACK TODAY IN NORTHERN

AFGHANISTAN, REPORTEDLY KILLING MORE THAN 40 CIVILIANS, WOUNDING EVEN MORE

 

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

The Secretary-General was deeply saddened to learn about the deplorable suicide attack that occurred earlier today in the town of Baghlan in northern Afghanistan, which has reportedly resulted in more than 40 civilian deaths and an even larger number of injured. 

Noting that today’s attack is one of the deadliest Afghanistan has seen in recent years, the Secretary-General once again expresses his continuing anxiety regarding the unstable security situation throughout Afghanistan.  The Secretary-General strongly condemns this heinous attack and sends his profound condolences to the bereaved families of the victims, as well as to the Government and people of Afghanistan.

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