Sunday 21 September 2008

India condemns Islamabad bombing


Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh condemned on Sunday the suicide bombing in neighbouring Pakistan that killed at least 27 people, saying it demonstrated the "destructive forces" of terrorism.

Singh, in a letter to his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani, expressed his "shock and sorrow" over the attack, which destroyed the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad on Saturday night.

"We strongly condemn this act of terrorism," Singh said.

"Such attacks are a grim reminder of the challenges we face from destructive forces which have pitted themselves against the values of democracy and pluralism and the voices of moderation."

"We must not allow such forces to succeed," he added.

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