Patients, visitors, and medical workers alike have today been innocent victims of a terrorist attack on the Sardar Muhammad Dawood Khan hospital in Kabul, acts carried out in blind disregard also of international humanitarian law, including the Geneva Convention.

We offer our condolences to the families and friends of the victims and wish a swift recovery to those who were injured. The European Union stands by the Afghan authorities and people in the fight against terrorism, and remains committed to keep cooperating with the Afghan people to achieve stability, peace and prosperity.