There is no alternative to an Afghan owned, Afghan led peace process

victims and to the government and people of Mali, and wished a speedy recovery for the wounded. He also expressed the organization›s support for the efforts of the Malian government in combating terrorism. In Niger, the OIC strongly condemned the terrorist attack that targeted a military base in the Diffa region, southeast of Niger, on 30 October 2019, which killed 12 soldiers and wounded many others. Also in the Asian region, the SecretaryGeneral of the organization condemned the escalation of terrorist attacks and violence in Afghanistan, including the attack in Kabul on September 05, 2019 that killed 11 people and injured dozens. He reiterated the full support of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation for the Afghan-owned, Afghan-led peace and reconciliation process with the aim of bringing lasting peace and stability to the country. This condemnation was followed by another OIC condemnation of the suicide attack in Laghman province in eastern Afghanistan, which resulted in a number of deaths and injuries, among them a large number of children, in addition to condemning the attack that targeted a mosque in the eastern province of Nangarhar, on Friday, October 18, 2019, during Prayer, which killed more than 60 people and wounded dozens. On September 17, Al-Othaimeen urged Afghans to put an immediate end to violence and hostilities and focus on achieving peace and reconciliation, because there is no alternative to a negotiated political settlement through an Afghan owned, Afghan

led peace process, as reaffirmed by the decisions and declarations adopted at the fourteenth session of the Islamic Summit Conference held in Makkah Al Mukarramah on May 31, 2019, and at the International Ulama Conference on Peace and Security in Afghanistan which was held in Makkah on

July 11, 2018. The Secretary-General commended the Afghan people for holding the presidential elections on September 28, 2019, and commended all those involved in this electoral process. The Secretary-General also praised the remarkable ability of Afghanistan to meet the challenges and its strong determination to build a peaceful and prosperous future. Also in Asia, the organization’s General Secretariat condemned the bombing of a bus of the security forces in the city of Jalalabad in the eastern Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, which resulted in deaths and injuries. As for the Arab region, the organization’s General Secretariat expressed its strong condemnation of the criminal and terrorist act that targeted a passenger bus in the Karbala Governorate in the Republic of Iraq, which resulted in the death of a number of innocent citizens. OIC Secretary General also expressed the Organization›s support to the Arab Republic of Egypt in all its actions in the face of terrorism, the most recent of which was the actions of the Egyptian armed forces and police in North Sinai.