KABUL – Gulbuddin Hekmatyar’s Hizb-e-Islami Party on Sunday condemned suicide attacks, with Hekmatyar’s deputy Qutbuddin Helal calling them prohibited and cruel. “Killing civilians is a brutal act and the party sees any kind of attacks that cause civilian deaths against Islamic practices and law,” Helal told an Afghan news channel.
“Killing civilians is prohibited. We cannot call it an Islamic act. Suicide attacks in public and civilian locations are not acceptable in Islam at all,” Helal said. He said presence of foreign forces in Afghanistan was the only thing causing such sort of attacks. “And the attacks won’t stop until the forces leave the country,” he added.
