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Tehran rebukes Daesh terrorist attack in Kabul
In a statement on Tuesday, Esmaeil Baqaei expressed condolences to the families of the victims and expressed Iran’s solidarity with the governments and peoples of Afghanistan and China.
Referring to the principled position of Iran in unequivocally condemning all forms and manifestations of terrorism and violent extremism, Baqaei emphasized the necessity of strengthening regional and international cooperation to fight the heinous phenomenon.
The Daesh terrorist group later claimed responsibility for the explosion at the Chinese restaurant in the Afghan capital that claimed at least seven lives and left more than a dozen others wounded.
The terrorist group said in a statement that a suicide bomber entered the restaurant in Kabul used by Chinese nationals and detonated an explosive vest.
The spokesperson for the Afghanistan Interior Ministry Mufti Abdul Mateen Qani, however, said on Tuesday that the cause of the explosion in the commercial Shahr-e-Naw area was “unknown so far and is being investigated.”