Statement by the Spokesperson on the attack on the Sardar Muhammad Dawood Khan hospital in Kabul

On the 8 March 2017 a terrorism attack occurred on the Sardar Muhammad Dawood Khan hospital in Kabul. Patients, visitors, and medical workers alike were innocent victims of this attack.

After this attack, the European Union insured that it would stand by the Afghan authorities and people in the fight against terrorism, and would remain committed to keep cooperating with the Afghan people to achieve stability, peace and prosperity.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: European Union and Afghanistan sign Cooperation Agreement on Partnership and Development http://www.europeansources.info/record/european-union-and-afghanistan-sign-cooperation-agreement-on-partnership-and-development/

EU: EEAS: Fact Sheet, 17.02.17: EU-Afghanistan relations https://eeas.europa.eu/headquarters/headquarters-homepage/10740/

ESO: Background information:Afghanistan: Challenges and Perspectives until 2020 http://www.europeansources.info/record/afghanistan-challenges-and-perspectives-until-2020/

ESO: Background information: The EU Police Mission in Afghanistan comes to a successful close after nine years of progress http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-the-eu-police-mission-in-afghanistan-comes-to-a-successful-close-after-nine-years-of-progress/

ESO: Background information: On the attacks in Afghanistan http://www.europeansources.info/record/on-the-attacks-in-afghanistan/

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