The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Dr. Yousef Al-Othaimeen, has condemned, in the strongest term, the terrorist attack that targeted the Zanbaq square, near the diplomatic area in Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, 31st May 2017 leading to the death of more than eighty people and injuring hundreds of others.

The Secretary General described the attack as cowardly and barbaric and said that taking the lives of innocent people, especially in the month of Ramadan, the month of sacrifice and forgiveness, goes against the core values of any civilization.

The Secretary General offered his condolences to the families of the victims, and to the people and government of Afghanistan. He urged them not to relent in their efforts of combating terrorism and building the country. He reiterated the principled position of the OIC that vigorously denounces any and all acts of terrorism and violent extremism in all forms and manifestations, just as it categorically rejects any justifications for terrorism.