Iran deplores terrorist attack on German consulate in Afghanistan

The Foreign Ministry has denounced a terrorist attack on Germany’s consulate in Afghanistan, saying the international community must make comprehensive efforts to seriously fight terrorism.

According to Press TV, at least six people were killed and more than 100, including three police officers, injured in a car bomb attack on the German consulate building in Afghanistan’s northern province of Balkh late on Thursday.

The attacker rammed his explosives-laden car into the wall of the consulate in the provincial capital city of Mazar-i-Sharif, located some 400 kilometers northwest of the capital Kabul.

“Such a vicious conduct emphasizes the necessity of an international consensus and all-out efforts by all governments, nations and vigilant consciences in the human society to rigorously and relentlessly fight this ghastly tragedy,” Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Friday.

He extended his condolences to the families of the victims of the horrific and terrorist crime and said the international community is duty-bound to prevent the spread of terrorism and counter savage acts by Takfiri groups.

He said the attack on the German diplomatic mission in Afghanistan showed that terrorist groups are linked with the enemies of the Afghan people, adding, “It seems that these groups and their allies through such measures seek to expand the presence of foreign forces in the country.”

Qassemi emphasized that the attack once again proved that “terrorism knows no nationality or location.”

Martin Schaefer, a spokesman for the German Foreign Ministry, said on Friday that a crisis task force had met late Thursday and again Friday to assess the situation after the assault.

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