Putin Tells Afghan Leader Ready to Fight Terror Together
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a message to Afghan counterpart Ashraf Ghani expressing readiness to fight all forms of terrorism together in the most active way after Saturday's bomb blasts in Kabul, Russian media cited the Kremlin as saying.
Explosions tore through a street demonstration by members of Afghanistan's mainly Shiite Muslim Hazara minority in Kabul, killing at least 80 people and wounding more than 230.
Saturday's demonstrators had been demanding that a 500 kV transmission line from Turkmenistan to Kabul be re-routed through two provinces with large Hazara populations, saying they feared being shut out of the project.
"The head of the Russian state strongly condemned this cynical crime committed against peaceful citizens and reiterated readiness to continue the most active cooperation with the authorities and people of Afghanistan in fighting all forms of terrorism," Russian media quoted a Kremlin statement as saying, Reuters reported.
