US government responds over Karachi terrorist attack against Chinese nationals

US government responds over Karachi terrorist attack against Chinese nationals

WASHINGTON – The US government has condemned the terrorist attack atKarachi University that killed four people including three Chinesenationals.

At his press briefing in Washington DC, the US State DepartmentSpokesperson Ned Price deplored the attack while terming it a “true affrontto mankind”.

“A terrorist attack anywhere is an affront to humanity everywhere, but fora terrorist attack to take place at a university, or at a religious site,or at some of the locations we’ve seen recently – that is a true affront tomankind,” Price commented.

He said that the United States has expressed determination to work togetherwith Pakistan in areas of mutual interests including counterterrorism andborder security.

Ned Price said that his country values the bilateral relationship withPakistan.

“When it comes to your question, what I’ll say is that we value ourbilateral relationship. We want to continue to work together in areas wherewe do have mutual interests with our Pakistani partners. That includescounterterrorism. That includes border security as well,” the US StateDepartment spokesperson said.

On April 26, a woman suicide bomber exploded herself near a van outsideConfucius Institute, leaving four people dead and as many injured.