Letter.

Letter Published in The National UAE ON 24aPRIL 18 S pare a thought for the suffering Afghan peopleIn reference to Ruchi Kumar’s article Fear and loathing in Kabul after ISIS bomb rips through election centre(April 23), this piece made for extremely sad reading. The disgraceful ISIS suicide attack that cruelly ended 57 precious lives and wounded 112 innocent people in Kabul has rightly received condemnation from all four corners of the globe.Afghanistan has been facing a particularly tough time recently – even for a country with a history as violent as its own – at the hands of terrorists. US troops have taken an active role in training the Afghan army in recent years but the fact that the Afghan people are still suffering so acutely from the scourge of terrorism is unacceptable. Of course it is difficult to anticipate a suicide attack but it is high time the international community united to eradicate this menace and save the Afghan people, who have already weathered too much pain and suffering.K Ragavan, Bangalore