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Actually, we had some missions to spare lying around in the Foreign ministry so India ' located ' them in Afghanistan.
Attack On Indian Mission, Herat
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Actually, we had some missions to spare lying around in the Foreign ministry so India ' located ' them in Afghanistan.
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Why should a woman or a man disclose their personal affair?, its not Taliban like 100 lashes country, its two sovereign nations.
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Attack on Indian Consulate repulsed in Afghanistan's Herat, all four gunmen killed, staff safe
An Afghanistan's National Army (ANA) soldier fires his weapon at the site of a clash between insurgents and security forces over Indian Consulate in Herat, Afghanistan, Friday, May 23, 2014. Photo by Hoshang Hashimi(AP)
The Indian Consulate in Herat province of Afghanistan was on Friday morning attacked by four heavily-armed gunmen, carrying rocket-propelled grenades but the assault was repulsed by security forces, who killed all the attackers. All diplomats and staffers at the consulate are unharmed.
"India's Consulate in Herat, Afghanistan, attacked. Brave ITBP personnel and Afghan soldiers rebut attackers. All safe. Operation underway," said India's External Affairs Ministry spokesman on Twitter.
Syed Akbaruddin said Indian and Afghanistan officials were in touch. "Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh is monitoring situation. All safe," he said.
Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Director General Subhas Goswami said 23 ITBP personnel, under the command of Inspector Manjit Singh, managed to repulse the attack.
"Today morning, three-four militants attacked the Indian consulate in Herat. We are very happy and proud that ITBP managed to repulse the attack in Herat. All inside are safe. There were 23 ITBP personnel under the command of Inspector Manjit Singh. Attack repulsed," he said.
Afghanistan's National Army (ANA) soldiers walk at the site of a clash between insurgents and security forces at the Indian Consulate in Herat, Afghanistan, Friday, May 23, 2014. Photo by Hoshang Hashimi(AP)
Afghan police officials said that three gunmen armed with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades opened fire on the consulate early this morning from a nearby home. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
The attack comes ahead of Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai visit to India to attend PM-designate Narendra Modi's oath ceremony on Monday.
Modi called up India's Ambassador to Afghanistan over the attack.
"PM designate Narendra Modi talks to Ambassador Sinha in Afghanistan, bolsters morale of all staff in India's Missions in Afghanistan, assures all support to brave staff at consulate in Herat," Akbaruddin said on Twitter.
India has invested in some major infrastructure projects in Afghanistan like Salma hydroelectric dam in Herat province and the Afghan parliament building in Kabul.
India's development assistance programme for Afghanistan currently stands at USD two billion, making it the leading donor nation among all regional countries.
Afghanistan has experienced a rise in the Taliban attacks as foreign troops plan to withdraw from the war-torn country by the end of the year.
In August last year, a failed bombing against the Indian Consulate in Jalalabad city near the border with Pakistan killed nine people, including six children. No Indian officials were hurt.
The Indian Embassy in Kabul was attacked twice in 2008 and 2009 that left 75 people dead.
Attack on Indian Consulate repulsed in Afghanistan's Herat, all four gunmen killed, staff safe : Neighbours, News - India Today
Narendra modi condemned the attack...see the tweet in the link above.
@ afghan friends...Thanks.lets F**K Talibastards and their sponsors jointly..
from Reuters......
Militants attack on Indian consulate in western Afghanistan
Afghan security forces take position at the scene of an attack on the Indian consulate in Herat province May 23 ,2014.
(Reuters) - A handful of heavily armed insurgents, including suicide bombers, launched a rocket propelled grenade and gun attack on the Indian consulate in Afghanistan's western city of Herat hours before dawn on Friday, officials said.
Indian staff at the mission escaped soon after the shooting began at around 3 a.m.. Police said Afghan security forces had killed the attackers, who were holed up in buildings overlooking the consulate, following a firefight that lasted several hours.
"They fired a couple of RPG shots. It was dark and they couldn't verify where it was coming from," India's ambassador to Kabul Amar Sinha told Reuters by telephone.
He said there had been around 10 staff resident at the consulate in Herat, which stands close to the border with Iran and is Afghanistan's third largest city.
The attack underscored a worrying security picture as Afghanistan prepares to take over from foreign combat troops after more than 12 years of war against a Taliban insurgency and prepares for a presidential election run-off next month.
The consulate was guarded by a team of commandos from the Indo-Tibetan Border Police. Afghan security forces form an outer ring, an Indian security official in New Delhi said.
Herat police chief General Samihullah Qatra told Reuters four attackers, including suicide bombers, had entered houses close to the consulate before dawn and began shooting into the compound.
"There were three suicide bombers armed with AK-47, RPG, hand grenade and suicide vests. Our security forces killed all of them. Only five of our security forces were wounded."
It was not immediately clear who was behind the attack and no one claimed responsibility, though suspicion would inevitably fall on the Taliban and other loosely associated groups .
On the other side of the country, in the northeast province of Badakhshan, Taliban fighters were holding 27 police and officials hostage, and dozens of people have killed or wounded.
REPEATED ATTACKS
Militants have repeatedly attacked Indian targets in Afghanistan. Last August, an assault on the Indian consulate in the eastern city of Jalalabad killed at least nine people, and earlier this year a suicide bomber was gunned down near the consulate in the southern city of Kandahar.
In 2008, suicide bombers attacked the Indian embassy in the capital, Kabul, killing about 50 people and wounding scores. There was another attack on the embassy in 2009.
Security officials in India believe that previous attacks on Indian missions in Afghanistan have been carried out by the Haqqani network, a Taliban and al Qaeda-linked group that has also long had ties with Pakistani intelligence.
U.S. officials and India had also accused Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence of organizing the 2008 attack in Kabul.
Pakistan has long complained about the number of Indian consulates in Afghan cities, fearful that friendship between India and Afghanistan could leave it isolated, and NATO prepares to withdraw the competition for influence in Kabul is expected to become fiercer.
On this occasion, however, Pakistan's Foreign Ministry was quick to issue a condemnation of the attack on the Indian consulate.
"No cause justifies targeting of diplomatic missions. It is a matter of relief that no one from the Consulate staff was hurt," the ministry said in a statement issued in Islamabad.
Militants attack on Indian consulate in western Afghanistan| Reuters
An Afghanistan's National Army (ANA) soldier fires his weapon at the site of a clash between insurgents and security forces over Indian Consulate in Herat, Afghanistan, Friday, May 23, 2014. Photo by Hoshang Hashimi(AP)
The Indian Consulate in Herat province of Afghanistan was on Friday morning attacked by four heavily-armed gunmen, carrying rocket-propelled grenades but the assault was repulsed by security forces, who killed all the attackers. All diplomats and staffers at the consulate are unharmed.
"India's Consulate in Herat, Afghanistan, attacked. Brave ITBP personnel and Afghan soldiers rebut attackers. All safe. Operation underway," said India's External Affairs Ministry spokesman on Twitter.
Syed Akbaruddin said Indian and Afghanistan officials were in touch. "Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh is monitoring situation. All safe," he said.
Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Director General Subhas Goswami said 23 ITBP personnel, under the command of Inspector Manjit Singh, managed to repulse the attack.
"Today morning, three-four militants attacked the Indian consulate in Herat. We are very happy and proud that ITBP managed to repulse the attack in Herat. All inside are safe. There were 23 ITBP personnel under the command of Inspector Manjit Singh. Attack repulsed," he said.
Afghan police officials said that three gunmen armed with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades opened fire on the consulate early this morning from a nearby home. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
The attack comes ahead of Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai visit to India to attend PM-designate Narendra Modi's oath ceremony on Monday.
Modi called up India's Ambassador to Afghanistan over the attack.
"PM designate Narendra Modi talks to Ambassador Sinha in Afghanistan, bolsters morale of all staff in India's Missions in Afghanistan, assures all support to brave staff at consulate in Herat," Akbaruddin said on Twitter.
India has invested in some major infrastructure projects in Afghanistan like Salma hydroelectric dam in Herat province and the Afghan parliament building in Kabul.
India's development assistance programme for Afghanistan currently stands at USD two billion, making it the leading donor nation among all regional countries.
Afghanistan has experienced a rise in the Taliban attacks as foreign troops plan to withdraw from the war-torn country by the end of the year.
In August last year, a failed bombing against the Indian Consulate in Jalalabad city near the border with Pakistan killed nine people, including six children. No Indian officials were hurt.
The Indian Embassy in Kabul was attacked twice in 2008 and 2009 that left 75 people dead.
Attack on Indian Consulate repulsed in Afghanistan's Herat, all four gunmen killed, staff safe : Neighbours, News - India Today
Narendra modi condemned the attack...see the tweet in the link above.
@ afghan friends...Thanks.lets F**K Talibastards and their sponsors jointly..
from Reuters......
Militants attack on Indian consulate in western Afghanistan
Afghan security forces take position at the scene of an attack on the Indian consulate in Herat province May 23 ,2014.
(Reuters) - A handful of heavily armed insurgents, including suicide bombers, launched a rocket propelled grenade and gun attack on the Indian consulate in Afghanistan's western city of Herat hours before dawn on Friday, officials said.
Indian staff at the mission escaped soon after the shooting began at around 3 a.m.. Police said Afghan security forces had killed the attackers, who were holed up in buildings overlooking the consulate, following a firefight that lasted several hours.
"They fired a couple of RPG shots. It was dark and they couldn't verify where it was coming from," India's ambassador to Kabul Amar Sinha told Reuters by telephone.
He said there had been around 10 staff resident at the consulate in Herat, which stands close to the border with Iran and is Afghanistan's third largest city.
The attack underscored a worrying security picture as Afghanistan prepares to take over from foreign combat troops after more than 12 years of war against a Taliban insurgency and prepares for a presidential election run-off next month.
The consulate was guarded by a team of commandos from the Indo-Tibetan Border Police. Afghan security forces form an outer ring, an Indian security official in New Delhi said.
Herat police chief General Samihullah Qatra told Reuters four attackers, including suicide bombers, had entered houses close to the consulate before dawn and began shooting into the compound.
"There were three suicide bombers armed with AK-47, RPG, hand grenade and suicide vests. Our security forces killed all of them. Only five of our security forces were wounded."
It was not immediately clear who was behind the attack and no one claimed responsibility, though suspicion would inevitably fall on the Taliban and other loosely associated groups .
On the other side of the country, in the northeast province of Badakhshan, Taliban fighters were holding 27 police and officials hostage, and dozens of people have killed or wounded.
REPEATED ATTACKS
Militants have repeatedly attacked Indian targets in Afghanistan. Last August, an assault on the Indian consulate in the eastern city of Jalalabad killed at least nine people, and earlier this year a suicide bomber was gunned down near the consulate in the southern city of Kandahar.
In 2008, suicide bombers attacked the Indian embassy in the capital, Kabul, killing about 50 people and wounding scores. There was another attack on the embassy in 2009.
Security officials in India believe that previous attacks on Indian missions in Afghanistan have been carried out by the Haqqani network, a Taliban and al Qaeda-linked group that has also long had ties with Pakistani intelligence.
U.S. officials and India had also accused Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence of organizing the 2008 attack in Kabul.
Pakistan has long complained about the number of Indian consulates in Afghan cities, fearful that friendship between India and Afghanistan could leave it isolated, and NATO prepares to withdraw the competition for influence in Kabul is expected to become fiercer.
On this occasion, however, Pakistan's Foreign Ministry was quick to issue a condemnation of the attack on the Indian consulate.
"No cause justifies targeting of diplomatic missions. It is a matter of relief that no one from the Consulate staff was hurt," the ministry said in a statement issued in Islamabad.
Militants attack on Indian consulate in western Afghanistan| Reuters
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Newly found friend? "our friendship is longer than the age of your failed country".
Or maybe we will take care of you?
Americans will stay, and they have parked their f-15's in Bagram and Kandahar for your purpose.
I will be surprised if Pakistan will be able to celebrate its 100th year.
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Saudi intelligence in Afghanistan
I couldn't care less if ineffective À-rabs where operating in my country, which i can assure you: they are not!
The À-rabs sold Islam in WW1, it is a shame to call them muslims.
Afghans should not become A-rab wannabes like our neighbour to the west
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But again my friend, what should your neighbour to the west build their identity on?
They have no history, no national pride etc.
Afghans will stay Afghans!
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And here comes the delusional afghani....always reliant on someone else...for once in your life do something on your own...oh sorry you can do few things on your own...you can sell drugs , make top quality heroin and smuggle illegal cigerrettes and if desperate and short of money you can cross the border and ask some help from Pakistani baitulmaal.
Yes sir we have failed state...happy...but wait what happens when the all foreign aid stop....we have loads of afghani beggars in Pakistan..what difference it makes if we have few more. See how long your friend will help you out.
Yes sir we have failed state...happy...but wait what happens when the all foreign aid stop....we have loads of afghani beggars in Pakistan..what difference it makes if we have few more. See how long your friend will help you out.
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Brother, thank you. We Bangladesh don't have so many problems that you unfortunately face due to an occupation force. It is my business because a fellow Muslim is my concern.Moreover, this situation appears odd. It will be interesting to understand why India finds it necessary to maintain so many posts in a land from which rose great conquerors/raiders who had time and again crossed the Hindu Kush/Indus.
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You Bangali have nothing to do with Afghanistan.
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Exactly! You Bharati, why have you opened up so many missions? Obviously not for target practice by the Taliban?
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Nobody has to worry about Pakistan, Take care of yourself.
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yeah this failed country saved you from Russians
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i knew u will claim that as yr becoming predictable. Try google her name.
This is a failure of yr people and yr faith as well as yr ethics for which yr known for.
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Another terrorist supporting and loving friend from our neighbourhood.
We need consulates there because there are many Indian business and workers operating there. The same way there are many Afghans who travel to India for various things such as studies, medical treatment etc.
Anyway we have just 4 consulates. It's not that much.
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