India's concern over sectarian, minority religion attacks reflected in UNSC statement condemning Afghan mosque strike
The Hindu
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres also condemned in the strongest terms the horrific attack on the mosque, noting that this was the third attack against a religious institution in less than a week
The United Nations Security Council strongly condemned the “atrocious” ISIS terror in Afghanistan and other recent attacks against religious institutions in the war-torn country, references that India categorically insisted on in a statement issued by the powerful U.N. body and rejected any attempts to dilute them.
The 15-nation UNSC issued the press statement on October 9 in which the members “condemned in the strongest terms the atrocious and cowardly terrorist attack in Kunduz, Afghanistan" on October 8.
“The attack, which was claimed by Islamic State in Khorasan Province [ISKP], an entity affiliated with Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant [ISIL/Da’esh], resulted in more than 150 casualties killed and wounded. The attack, which took place at the Gozar-e-Sayed Abad Mosque, follows other recent attacks against religious institutions in Afghanistan,” the press statement said.