Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense has sent a cable of condolences to President Hamid Karzai of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan on the victims of the landslides inflicted his country's, resulted in deaths, injuries and missing. In his cable, the Crown Prince said, "We express our condolences to your Highness and the families of the victims, praying to Allah Almighty to bestow mercy upon their souls."