Pakistan condemns terrorist attack on Afghan vice president

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has strongly condemned a terrorist attack targeting the convoy of First Vice President of Afghanistan Amrullah Saleh.

In a tweet shortly after the attack on Wednesday, Foreign Office Spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri said it is a matter of relief that Amrullah Saleh remained unharmed.

“We extend heartfelt sympathies and condolences to bereaved families and pray for swift recovery of those wounded,” he said.

At least two people were killed and a dozen more wounded in an explosion targeting the convoy of Afghanistan’s vice president Amrullah Saleh in central Kabul early Wednesday, officials said.

Saleh, who is the senior of Afghanistan’s two vice presidents, was not harmed. “This terrorist attack has failed and Saleh is safe and fine,” said Razwan Murad, the head of Saleh’s media office.

Interior ministry spokesman Tareq Arian said initial reports showed two people had been killed and another 12 wounded in the blast.

Speaking on condition of anonymity, one of Saleh’s aides told AFP that a suicide bomber had targeted Saleh’s convoy as he left his home and was headed to work.