2010 Badakhshan massacre the attackers "enemies of the Afghan people." United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who emphasized that "health workers must have access to treat those in need and must be able to do so without fear." His Special Representative Staffan de Mistura said "The United Nations condemns this serious crime and apparent cold-blooded execution." Australian foreign minister Stephen Smith issued a statement condemning the attack and offered condolences to the victims' families. British foreign secretary William Hague condemned the attack and stated "This is a deplorable and cowardly act which is against the interests of the people of Afghanistan who depended on
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs v Rahmatullah the British government should have tried harder to secure Yunus Rahmatullah's release. Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs v Rahmatullah Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs v Yunus Rahmatullah "[2012] UKSC 48" was a 2012 judgment of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom concerning the detention of Yunus Rahmatullah, a Pakistani citizen detained in Iraq, and later Afghanistan, who is alleged to have travelled to Iraq to fight for Al-Qaeda during the Second Iraq War. Yunus Rahmatullah is a Pakistani citizen who was suspected of having travelled to Iraq to become a fighter for Al-Qaeda.