ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday strongly condemned the “horrific bomb attack” which killed 34 people on board a passenger bus along the Kabul-Herat road in Afghanistan.

“Our hearts go out to the innocent victims, many of them women and children. We are praying for the deceased and extend our heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims,” the Foreign Office (FO) said in a statement released on Wednesday.

It added that “such inhuman acts of violence against innocent civilians are condemnable.”

“Pakistan condemns terrorism in all its forms and manifestations,” excerpts from the statement read, adding that the “Afghan people deserve complete peace and tranquility in their country.”

The statement added that Pakistan stands together with the “government and people of Afghanistan in the efforts to comprehensively defeat and uproot the scourge of terrorism in our region.”

Wednesday’s attack follows just days after the start of campaigning for presidential polls in Afghanistan.

On July 28, Pakistan had strongly condemns the terrorist attack on the office of Amrullah Saleh, a vice lresidential candidate. “Pakistan fully supports the democratic process in Afghanistan,” the FO had said.