Georgia’s MFA Expresses Concern over Terrorist Attack on Military Hospital in Kabul
TBILISI - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia (MFA) expressed deep concern over the terrorist attack on the national military hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, committed by DAESH/ISIL on March 8th of 2017. Gunmen wearing white lab coats stormed a military hospital in Afghanistan’s capital on Wednesday, killing at least 40 people and wounding more than 50 in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group.
Witnesses said the attack began with a suicide car bombing at the entrance gate of the 400-bed Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan hospital in a central part of the city, after which several attackers armed with automatic weapons, grenades and suicide vests stormed the multi-story building.
The assailants proceeded to target patients and medical workers before Afghan forces engaged them and gunned them down. Soldiers killed the attackers about 3:30 p.m. local time (6 a.m. Wednesday ET) after six hours of fighting.
The MFA said that the acts committed by ISIL are indeed a crime against humanity, and it strictly condemns this act of cruelty.
“Georgia supports Afghanistan’s efforts to strengthen peace and stability in the country and expresses the hope that the Afghan people will be able to eradicate violent extremism through the joint efforts of the international community,” the statement reads.
The MFA of Georgia offered its condolences to the government of Afghanistan and the families of those who were killed by terrorists and wishes speedy recovery to those who were injured in the attack.
By Thea Morrison
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