India takes up Kabul attack with Pakistan

October 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Expressing solidarity with India after the attack on its embassy in Kabul Thursday, French President Nicolas Sarkozy has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying France will work with India to halt the barbarism of the Taliban. "I would like to express my full support and deep solidarity to you in these painful circumstances, Sarkozy wrote to Manmohan Singh on the day a powerful suicide bomb blast targeted the Indian embassy in Kabul, killing 17 Afghans and injuring over 80.

October 10th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The Afghan envoy to the US has alleged that Pakistan's intelligence agency ISI was behind Thursday's attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul which killed 17 people and wounded more than 60. "Yes, we do," Afghan Ambassador to the US, Said T.

October 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Although the Taliban has claimed responsibility for Thursday's suicide car blast outside the Indian Embassy in Kabul that killed 17 people, Pakistan intelligence agency ISI's involvement in the attack cannot be ruled out. In July of 2008, militants rammed the same embassy with a car bomb that killed 60 people.

October 9th, 2009 KABUL/NEW DELHI - Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao Friday visited the Indian embassy in Afghanistan, which was the target of a suicide attack Thursdar that left 17 people dead. She, however, refrained from pointing fingers at Pakistan.

October 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India will not be intimidated by the criminal killers who perpetrated the attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul and will take all steps to protect Indians, Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor affirmed Thursday. "India will not be intimidated by these criminal killers.

October 8th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US has condemned Thursday's bombing near the Indian Embassy in Kabul that killed at least 17 people and injured 76, saying there's no justification for this kind of senseless violence. "The United States condemns the bombing today (Thursday) near the Indian Embassy and Ministry of Interior in Kabul that has killed several people and wounded many more," the State Department said in a statement.

August 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - In an oblique message to Pakistan, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Tuesday said that actors of terror will not deter India from the reconstruction of Afghanistan and paid homage to Indian diplomats killed in the attack on the Indian mission in Kabul last year.

August 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD - As Pakistan asked India to share information on fresh terror threats, New Delhi Tuesday said unless Islamabad takes credible action against the 26/11 suspects, it will be "extremely difficult" to resume meaningful talks. India also underlined that it has already "shared solid proof of possible terror attacks" from the Pakistani territory.

August 4th, 2009 Taliban claim rocket attack on KabulKABUL — The Taliban are claiming they fired the rockets that have hit various Kabul neighborhoods, including near the American Embassy. Police say at least five rockets exploded at daybreak Tuesday, injuring one child.

July 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India Tuesday recalled the sacrifices of the 41 people, including two of its diplomats, killed in a suicide bombing outside its embassy in Kabul a year ago and underlined its commitment to bring the perpetrators of the attack to justice. "We recall their sacrifice with a sense of grief as also to reiterate our commitment against terrorism and all those who sponsor and sustain it, External Affairs Minister S.M.

July 7th, 2009 ROME - Ahead of a meeting between their foreign secretaries, India Tuesday said it will judge Pakistan by the action it takes against perpetrators of last year's Mumbai terrorist attack. Official sources said Pakistan's commitment to fighting terrorism will be seen in the light of what action it takes against terrorists targeting India.

May 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India Wednesday handed over to Pakistan a new dossier of evidence on the Mumbai terrorist attack, an official statement said. 'MEA (Ministry of External Affairs) have today handed over to the Pakistani High Commission additional information and details relating to the Mumbai terror attack sought by Pakistan,' it said.

May 9th, 2009 CHENNAI - India will resume its composite dialogue with Pakistan only when it books those responsible for the terrorist attack in Mumbai, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Saturday. 'Our minimum demand is that Pakistan must take effective steps ...

January 16th, 2009 MUMBAI - India has given enough proof that terrorists responsible for the Nov 26 attacks on India's commercial capital were from Pakistan and Islamabad bring them to book, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Saturday. 'Pakistan must work against Lashkar-e-Taiba, and other terrorist outfits must be shut down, in its own interest,' the prime minister told The Economic Times Awards function at the Trident Hotel, one of the 10 properties targeted during the Nov 26 attacks.

January 2nd, 2009 SHILLONG - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday asked Pakistan to hand over the masterminds behind the Nov 26 Mumbai terror attack so that they can be tried in India. 'War (with Pakistan) is no solution but Pakistan should hand over the perpetratrors of the Mumbai attack for trial in India,' the prime minister said at a press conference here.