KABUL (SW) \u2013 The top US peace negotiator Zalmay Khalilzad has urged the Afghan government and the Taliban not to \u2018score points\u2019 over the deadly Kabul University attack.<\/p>\n
In a series of tweets, the US special representative for Afghanistan reconciliation, said the attack on Kabul University claimed by the so-called \u2018ISIS\u2019 was \u2018horrendous\u2019. He condemned the attack and offered condolences to the families of the victims.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe terrorist perpetrators are not just against education but are pro-ignorance. They want to breed chaos and instability, terror and poverty. They oppose and fear peace and seek a permanent state of war\u201d, he tweeted.<\/p>\n
Khalilzad went on to say that there is a \u2018common enemy\u2019 here. \u201cDeny ISIS or any other terrorist the space to carry out these inhumane acts. Unite for peace, find a path to a ceasefire, and accelerate a political settlement. These steps would be the right response to this unspeakable barbarism\u201d, he tweeted.<\/p>\n
This comes a day after over 20 students and teachers at the Kabul University lost their lives in a Daesh-claimed armed assault. The Afghan vice president Amrullah Saleh has, however, blamed the Haqqani Network, for the brazen assault.<\/p>\n
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