New Delhi [India], December 29 (NT): India on Friday stalwartly condemned Thursday's "cowardly suicide terror attack" at the media news agency and the cultural center in Kabul due to which more than 40 innocent lives were taken and left many more injured.

"Our heartfelt condolences are with the families of the victims of this dastardly attack and we wish early recovery to the injured," the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), said, in a statement as quoted by ANI.

India expressed solidarity with Afghanistan "at this difficult time" and added that it is "committed to extending all possible support in their fight against the menace of terrorism and efforts to bring peace, stability and security in the country," the statement further read.

On Thursday, the suicide bomber sparked off his explosives at the gate of the Tebyan center in the PD6 area of Kabul.

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani has ordered authorities to probe the serial blasts.

The Afghan Presidential Palace in a statement on  official Twitter handle said, "Terrorist groups and their backers must know that the Afghan people are united and stand firm to any plot carried out by their enemies; these heinous attacks will not break the resolve of the Afghan people."

Apart from this the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has condemned the attack.

"UNAMA condemns today's attack on civilians in #Kabul. Preliminary reports indicate high civilian casualty numbers. The Mission's human rights workers on ground establishing facts," the UNAMA on its official twitor handle posted the message. (NT)