Moscow strongly condemns the terrorist attack near the Afghan Foreign Ministry building and calls on the Afghan authorities to take active steps to eradicate terrorism in the country, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a briefing on Thursday.
"We strongly condemn the January 11 terrorist attack in the vicinity of the Afghan Foreign Ministry building in Kabul. The ISIS (former name of IS, a terrorist organization banned in Russia - TASS) group claimed responsibility for it," she said, "According to preliminary data, there are 40 casualties as a result of the attack, including employees of the Afghan Foreign Ministry."
"We expect the Afghan government to conduct a thorough investigation into the attack and find and bring those responsible to justice. We call on the Afghan authorities to take active steps to eradicate the terrorist threat in the country," Zakharova emphasized.
