ISLAMABAD: Reinstating its support for Afghanistan in the country’s fight against terror, Pakistan on Tuesday strongly condemned an attack in Kabul, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
“Pakistan strongly condemns the shooting and suicide attack at a government building in Kabul yesterday, that has resulted in the loss of over 40 precious lives and injuries to many others,” the statement read.
“Pakistan stands together with the government and people of Afghanistan in this hour of grief,” it added.
The terrorist attack on Monday began with a suicide bomb blast near a government building's compound in Kabul before armed gunmen stormed inside.
According to media reports, at least 43 people died in the attack, considered to be the deadliest to take place in the country this year.
The incident in Kabul came just hours after Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, along with a coterie of other officials, met with Afghan leaders to discuss the recent developments of a peace process, talks for which were held in Abu Dhabi and involved representatives from the Taliban, US, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and the UAE.
Pakistan strongly condemns terrorist attack in Kabul
Pakistan strongly condemns terrorist attack in Kabul
- Reiterates solidarity with Afghanistan in their fight against militancy
- Incident came just hours after FM Qureshi’s visit to the country
Bangladesh bans Indian Premier League broadcasts in response to Mustafizur’s withdrawal
- Bangladesh said the decision was taken ‘in public interest’ after India gave no reason for exclusion of Mustafizur Rahman
- Bangladesh Cricket Board said on Sunday it has decided not to send its cricket team to India for the upcoming T20 World Cup
DHAKA: Bangladesh has banned broadcasts of the Indian Premier League after fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman was withdrawn from cricket’s biggest T20 league on the instructions of the Board of Control for Cricket in India.
Bangladesh’s ministry of information and broadcasting said in a statement on Monday that the decision was taken “in public interest” after the BCCI gave no reason for the exclusion of Mustafizur, a move it said “caused distress among the people of Bangladesh.”
It is for the first time that IPL broadcasts have been banned in Bangladesh since the league started in 2008.
Kolkata Knight Riders, which bought Mustafizur in the IPL auction, released the left-arm fast bowler on Saturday on the instructions of the BCCI.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board said in a statement on Sunday that it has decided not to send its cricket team to India for the upcoming T20 World Cup “following a thorough assessment of the prevailing situation and the growing concerns regarding the safety and security of the Bangladesh contingent in India.”
The BCB said it also considered advice from its government before reaching out to the ICC “as the event authority to consider relocating all of Bangladesh’s matches to a venue outside India.”
The World Cup will be jointly hosted by India and Sri Lanka from Feb. 7-March 8. Bangladesh is due to play three group games in Kolkata and one in Mumbai.
Pakistan is already scheduled to play all its group games and beyond, if it advances in the tournament, in Sri Lanka due political tensions with India that brought both countries to the brink of war last year.
