Berlin - Germany sharply condemned on Monday the suicide bombing outside the Indian embassy in Kabul, saying the terrorists were trying to obstruct good government and democracy in Afghanistan.

In a statement in Berlin, Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said, "We share in the sorrow of the Afghan people and also extend our sympathy to the Indian government." He voiced condolences to the families of the victims.

"The aim of the terrorists is to obstruct well-ordered, democratic conditions in Afghanistan," he said. Berlin hoped the Afghan authorities "would quickly find those behind the attack and bring them to justice." (dpa)