Afghan President calls PM Nawaz, condoles casualties in Lahore attack

ISLAMABAD: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Monday telephoned Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and expressed grief over the loss of lives in terrorist attack in Lahore.

According to a PM House statement, the Afghan President also condemned the cowardly act of terrorists in which more than 70 people including women and children lost their lives.

PM Nawaz told Afghan President that military operation Zarb-e-Azb and the National Action Plan would continue unabated until the scourge of terrorism was eliminated from Pakistan.

A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a park in a densely populated area of Lahore on Sunday, killing more than 72 people including 29 children and injuring over 300 others, police and rescue official said.

The blast place took place just outside the exit gate and a few feet away from children´s swings at the Allama Iqbal Park in Iqbal Town, the police said.