{"id":1336,"date":"2016-04-19T13:05:15","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T13:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taand.com\/en\/?p=1336"},"modified":"2016-05-01T17:16:01","modified_gmt":"2016-05-01T17:16:01","slug":"1336","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/?p=1336","title":{"rendered":"UN chief Ban Ki-moon condemns Taliban attack in Kabul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday strongly condemned a Taliban suicide truck bombing in central Kabul which left 30 people dead and hundreds injured.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I would like to express my deepest condolences for the victims and their families and friends,&#8221; the UN secretary general said at a press conference during a visit to The Hague.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I condemn strongly these terrorist attacks,&#8221; he said, adding &#8220;there&#8217;s no justification whatsoever (for) attacking civilian people as well as security people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack in a densely crowded Kabul neighbourhood, which came a week after the insurgents launched their annual spring offensive.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We must fight against these terrorist attacks and the international community must be united in working together,&#8221; Ban said, speaking alongside Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders.<\/p>\n<p>Ban was in the Dutch city to take part in a ceremony to mark the official opening of the International Criminal Court later Tuesday, as well as celebrations for the 70th anniversary of the International Court of Justice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday strongly condemned a Taliban suicide truck bombing in central Kabul which left<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1337,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[120,318],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afghan-news","category-news-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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