“The number of terrorist attacks has recently increased.
Explosions are thundering in mosques and other crowded places, ”RIA Novosti quoted Zhirnov as saying on the air of the Rossiya 24 TV channel.
He noted that the Afghan side immediately expressed condolences in connection with the terrorist attack near the Russian embassy and promised to make efforts so that this would not happen again.
On September 5, in Kabul, in the immediate vicinity of the entrance to the consular department of the Russian Embassy, a militant set off an explosive device.
As a result of the terrorist attack, two employees of the diplomatic mission were killed, and there are also victims among Afghan citizens.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov expressed the hope that those responsible for the attack would be punished in the near future.
Acting Foreign Minister of Afghanistan Amir Khan Muttaki said that all necessary measures to investigate the attack would be taken.