Russia's Putin tells Afghan leader ready to fight terror together: agencies

Russia's Putin tells Afghan leader ready to fight terror together: agencies

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Twin explosions tore through a street demonstration by members of Afghanistan's mainly Shi'ite Muslim Hazara minority in Kabul, killing at least 80 people and wounding more than 230 in a suicide attack claimed by Islamic State.

"The head of the Russian state strongly condemned this cynical crime committed against peaceful citizens and reiterated readiness to continue the most active cooperation with the authorities and people of Afghanistan in fighting all forms of terrorism," Russian media quoted a Kremlin statement as saying.

(Reporting by Dmitry Solovyov; editing by Mark Heinrich)

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