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Saudi Arabia condemns suicide attack on Afghan educational center that killed 19 people

Saudi Arabia condemns suicide attack on Afghan educational center that killed 19 people

Saudi Arabia on Friday strongly condemned and denounced a “terrorist attack” on an educational center in the Afghan capital, Kabul, which killed and injured a number of people.
“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed the Kingdom’s total rejection of all forms of violence, terrorism and extremism,” it said in a statement, affirming that Saudi Arabia stands in solidarity with the Afghan people.

The ministry also offered condolences and sympathy to the families of the deceased, with wished the injured a speedy recovery.

At least 19 people, most of them young women, were killed and dozens more wounded after a suicide bomber attacked the Kaaj Higher Educational Center in the Dasht-e-Barchi neighborhood of western Kabul earlier on Friday, where hundreds of students were preparing for university exams.

Meanwhile, the UAE also strongly condemned the attack and expressed its permanent rejection of all forms of violence and terrorism aimed at destabilizing security and stability and inconsistent with humanitarian values ​​and principle.

Jordan and Pakistan also issued similar statements denouncing the attack and rejecting all forms of violence and terrorism.
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