(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-11-08 20:55

China on Thursday strongly condemned a suicide bombing that happened in Afghanistan on Tuesday and expressed condolences to victims.

Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Liu Jianchao made the remarks on Thursday at a regular press conference.

The suicide bombing was reported to have killed dozens of children and parliamentarians at a sugar factory in Baghlan province north of Kabul.

China also expressed its sympathy to the injured people and the family members of the victims of the bombing, Liu said.

Liu noted that as a friendly neighbor to Afghanistan, China would continue as usual to support the Afghan government's unremitting efforts to crack down on terrorist forces and to safeguard domestic stability.