President Karzai Condemns the Attack on
the al-Askari Shrine in Iraq
Office of the Spokesman to the President
02/23/2006
Arg, Kabul - H.E. Hamid Karzai, President
of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, strongly condemned the
terrorist attack on the al-Askari shrine in Samarra, Iraq.
According to reports, the al-Askari shrine in
Samarra was damaged and the golden dome was destroyed when two
terrorists posing as police blew themselves up next to it.
In his reaction to the news the President said,
“Terrorists are trying to drive a wedge between the Sunni
and Shiite communities who have lived together in harmony throughout
the history of Islam. The attack on the al-Askari shrine was
a deliberate attempt by terrorists to damage the unity of Muslims
in the world. This barbaric act of terrorism is against Islam
and humanity and I condemn it in the strongest terms.”
The President appealed to the Sunni and Shiite
communities of Iraq for restraint and urged them to unite in
thwarting their enemies’ efforts to divide them.
The President, on behalf of the people of Afghanistan,
expressed his deep sympathies with the people of Iraq and prayed
for a peaceful and prosperous Iraq.
For further information, please contact:
Khaleeq Ahmad, Deputy Spokesman on International
Affairs
Tel.: 00 93 70 286 853
Released by the Office of the Spokesman to the President
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
