Pakistan Foreign Office has strongly condemned the brazen terrorist attack on civilians in a madrassa in Samangan, Afghanistan which resulted in the loss of precious lives and injuries to others.

According to the 24News HD TV channel, the foreign office spokesperson in a statement on Thursday said Pakistan extends its sympathies and condolences to the Afghan people.

The foreign office spokesperson said Pakistan stands in solidarity with the people of Afghanistan and the bereaved families in this moment of grief.  

According to the media reports, at least 19 people were killed and 24 others wounded — all of them children and ordinary people — by a blast at a seminary in Afgh­anistan’s northern city of Aybak.