UNITED NATIONS:  The UN today strongly condemned suicide blasts in Afghanistan, including the attacks on Nepalese and Indian guards, expressing “serious concern” at the threats posed by the Taliban, Al-Qaeda and ISIS terror groups to the population in the war-torn country.

The 15-nation UN Security Council “condemned in the strongest terms” the terrorist attacks on June 20 in Kabul and Badakhshan province.

The detonation of an improvised explosive device (IED) in a bazaar in Kishem district, province of Badakhshan, killed ten civilians including five children, and injured 36 others, mostly children.