The U.S. Special Rep. for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Mr. Zalmay Khalilzad, on Sunday strongly condemned the IED attack on the employees of human rights commission, calling it “an anti-human act”.
“The targeted killing of Fatima Khalil and Jawid Folad today, two Afghans dedicated to the cause of fundamental human rights, is an anti-human act. We condemn this terrorist attack in the strongest possible terms,” said Mr. Khalilzad in a Twitter thread.
The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission list two of its employees when an IED attacked to their vehicle tore through in the capital Kabul’s Pul-e-Charkhi area.
The provincial police chief’s spokesman put the toll at two dead, including a women, who were on way to office.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack and the Taliban denied to be behind the attack.
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