Nepal has strongly condemned the terrorist attack on the bus carrying pilgrims from Amarnath in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday.

Seven pilgrims, six of them women, were killed in a militant attack in Anantnag District of Indian-administered Kashmir.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, issuing a press statement on Tuesday, has expressed deep condolences and sympathies to the bereaved family members and wished for the speedy recovery of the injured.