U.S. President welcomes Karzai's suggestion to assist terror attacks' victims

U.S. President Barack Obama has agreed in principle to President Hamid Karzai's suggestion to help the victims of terrorist attacks in Afghanistan, Karzai's chief spokesman Waheed Omar said Tuesday.

"Via a video teleconference with President Obama on Monday President Karzai underscored the importance of providing assistance to the families of those that lost their nears and dears in terrorist attacks in Afghanistan," Omar told a press conference here.

President Barak Obama has in principle welcomed his Afghan counterpart's plan to pay and help the victims of Taliban attacks in the militancy-hit country, he said.

The Afghan government often provides 100,000 Afghanis or some 2, 000 U.S. dollars to the family of any victim who lost his or her life in terrorist attacks.

Taliban militants, who made a bloody comeback four years ago, usually use suicide attacks and roadside bombings to target Afghan and NATO-led troops but the raids often claim the lives of civilians.

In their latest suicide attacks and gun battle on Saturday the hard-liner militia targeted Kandahar, the hometown of President Karzai in south Afghanistan, killing 35 people and injuring 57 others with the majority of them civilians.

Source:Xinhua