PM Modi denounces terrorist attack in Afghanistan, Swaraj to meet relatives of victims

New Delhi, Jul 2 Prime Minister Narendra Modi today named the terror strike in Afghanistan as an attack on the country's multicultural fabric.

No least 19 people, including Hindu and Sikhs, were killed in a blast in Afghanistan's Jalalabad yesterday.

"We emphatically condemn the terror attack in Afghanistan yesterday. They are an attack on Afghanistan's multicultural fabric," he wrote on Twitter.

The prime minister said India stands ready to help the Afghanistan government "in this sad hour".

"My thoughts are with the deprived families. I pray that the injured recover soon. India stands prepared to help the Afghanistan government in this sad hour," Modi said.

External Affairs Minster Sushma Swaraj said she would meet the relatives of the victims this evening here.

In her tweet, Swaraj stated, "My heartfelt sympathies to the groups of the casualties of the terror attack in Jalalabad city of Afghanistan. We are with them in this hour of tragedy."

She said she would meet their relatives today at 6 pm in JN Bhavan