KABUL, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Vice President Mike Pence has condemned the recent terrorist attacks in Afghanistan and assured U.S. firm support to the Afghan government and its people, the Afghan Presidential Palace said on Saturday.
In a telephone conversation with Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Friday night, Pence also offered condolences and expressed sympathy over the deadly attacks.
"We continue to stand alongside the people and the government of Afghanistan at this critical stage," the palace quoted him as saying.
More than 100 people, mostly civilians, had been killed and more than 200 others injured in deadly terrorist attacks in the capital city of Kabul and the eastern Jalalabad city in January.
President Ghani, according to the palace, besides expressing gratitude to the United States for its support to Afghanistan, also stated that the Afghan government will not negotiate with terrorist groups.
