Kabul, Logar attacks: Day of mourning on Tuesday

KABUL (Pajhwok): President Ashraf Ghani has declared Tuesday a day of mourning for victims of the Kabul and Logar bombings.

Dozens of people, mostly students, were killed in the Pul-i-Alam truck bombing and Saturday’s explosions at the Dasht-i-Barchi school in Kabul.

Ghani said on Sunday he had asked the first vice-president to provide cash assistance to the victims’ families.

In a recorded message about the Kabul school attack, the president said as a father of two children he shared the pain with every affected family.

The attack on innocent people, especially students, was a crime against humanity, and the perpetrators were abhorred by the nation, he added..

Ghani said he had tasked his second vice-president with hammering out a security plan in consultation with the residents of the area and report back to him within two weeks.

Ill-informed groups, posing as the Taliban and Daesh fighters, showed with such attacks they were out to prevent the education of Afghan children and weaken people’s trust in a future of harmony, he remarked.

On Sunday, security officials and victims’ families said the toll had risen to 68 dead, all students, and nearly 190 wounded.

Ghani said: “I declare Tuesday a national (day of) mourning to pay tribute to the martyrs of the Logar terrorist attack and the students in Kabul…”

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