In a communique, the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned terrorism in all its forms and manifestations.”

At the same time, it insisted on the need to protect all diplomatic missions in accordance with international laws and charters.

The text called for the international community’s efforts to confront the scourge.

On Friday, a Pakistani security guard was shot at the Pakistani Embassy in Kabul in what Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif called an attempt of assassination on Ubaid-ur-Rehman, head of the diplomatic mission.

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