The Government has condemned today’s bomb attacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan which left dozens of people dead, including United Nations staff.
The Prime Minister told the House of Commons that he had sent a message to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to express his condolences following the explosion in Afghanistan.
At least five UN workers were killed when Taliban suicide bombers attacked a guesthouse in the capital Kabul.
The PM said:
“On behalf of the British people, this morning I have sent a message to the UN Secretary General offering our condolences and support following the Taliban attack on the UN in Kabul this morning.”
About 100 people were killed and 200 injured when a car bomb went off in a market in Peshawar, Pakistan.
During a phone call to Ban Ki Moon later in the day, Mr Brown passed on his deep condolences for the deaths of the UN staff in Kabul, saying the atrocity should strengthen further the resolve to see the job through in Afghanistan.
Read Foreign Secretary David Miliband’s comments on the attack in Peshawar