The EU's diplomatic chief on Tuesday condemned attacks targeting a maternity hospital and a funeral in Afghanistan as "acts of evil". Gunmen killed at least 14 people, including nurses and newborn babies, as they stormed a Kabul maternity hospital, while a suicide bomber at a funeral in eastern Afghanistan left two dozen mourners dead. "There are few words that can do justice to the horrors we have witnessed today in Afghanistan," EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said in a statement. "To target and kill mothers, newly born babies and nurses, as well as bereaved and mourning families, are acts of evil and show an appalling degree of inhumanity." Borrell demanded the perpetrators be brought to justice and renewed a call for a permanent ceasefire in Afghanistan. The latest violence comes as Afghanistan grapples with myriad crises, including a rise in militant operations across the country, a surge in coronavirus infections, and a reduction in foreign military support. pdw/dc/spm