{"id":66091,"date":"2016-01-05T15:21:14","date_gmt":"2016-01-05T15:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=4aae0e88f79568d7b380eb402e079239"},"modified":"2016-01-05T15:21:14","modified_gmt":"2016-01-05T15:21:14","slug":"government-response-foreign-office-minister-condemns-taliban-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=66091","title":{"rendered":"Government response: Foreign Office Minister condemns Taliban attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Tobias Ellwood, Minister for Afghanistan responds to the recent bomb attack in Kabul:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I was saddened to hear of the latest terrorist attacks in Kabul for which the Taliban have claimed responsibility. I condemn these appalling incidents and my deepest sympathies go to the victims and their families.<\/p>\n<p>The Taliban need to put an end to such violent attacks on Afghan civilians and instead seize the opportunity to take part in a peaceful political process. The UK, with our international partners, will remain steadfast in our support for the Afghan Government and people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">I also condemn the attempted terrorist attack against the Indian consulate in Mazar-e-Sharif. Those who wish to derail current progress towards stronger regional relations cannot be allowed to succeed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 id=\"further-information\">Further information<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Follow Foreign Office Minister Tobias Ellwood on Twitter <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tobias_Ellwood\">@Tobias_Ellwood<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Follow the Foreign Office on Twitter <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/foreignoffice\">@foreignoffice<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Follow the Foreign Office on <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/foreignoffice?ref=hl\">Facebook<\/a> and <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/b\/105922144104190309938\/+foreignoffice\/posts\">Google+<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"contact \" id=\"contact_193\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Media enquiries<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"email\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Email<\/span><br \/>\n              <a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:newsdesk@fco.gov.uk\">newsdesk@fco.gov.uk<\/a>\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">News Desk <\/span><br \/>\n              020 7008 3100\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister Tobias Ellwood calls for an end to violent attacks on Afghan civilians.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66091"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=66091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66091\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}