Kabul points finger at ISI for Indian embassy attackOctober 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.
Afghan envoy blames bases outside country for terrorismOctober 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bases outside the country were responsible for the rise in terrorist attacks in Afghanistan, its Ambassador to India, Sayed Makhdoom Raheem, said Saturday in the aftermath of the sucide bombing of the Indian embassy in Kabul. "The base camps are all located outside Afghanistan and they (the terrorists) get trained, financed, and armed and after that, they come into Afghanistan," Raheem told the Times Now in an interview.
Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao arrives in KabulOctober 9th, 2009 KABUL - Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao has arrived in Afghan capital Kabul to assess the situation arising out of Thursday's bomb blast outside the Indian embassy there, which claimed 17 lives and injured over 60. Rao will consult with senior embassy officials on the next steps for ensuring the safety and security of Indian embassy staff, sources said.
Rao leaves for KabulOctober 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao left for Kabul Friday to review the situation in the aftermath of the suicide attack Thursday outside the Indian embassy in Kabul, in which 17 people were killed. Rao will review security arrangements for the mission and inspect the damage after the blast, which was more powerful than a similar attack in July 2008, sources said.
US calls Kabul bombing 'deeply troubling'October 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The United States Thursday condemned the devastating bomb attack outside the Indian embassy in Kabul and called it "deeply troubling".
US ambassador Timothy Roemer told reporters here: "Our heart goes out to India and the victims of terrorism." He said the bombing, which killed at least seven people, was "deeply troubling".
Kabul blast: Indian embassy staff unhurt, one killed and four hurtOctober 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI/KABUL -An Indian Embassy official speaking on the condition of anonymity told ANI over phone that all embassy staff were safe and that only one Afghan policeman had been killed in a bomb explosion that took place outside the embassy premises on Thursday morning. He also confirmed that four others had been injured.
Undeterred by injuries in blast, ITBP men held positionOctober 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Showing grit even in the face of a terror attack, two commandos of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) refused to abandon their posts outside the Indian embassy in Kabul despite their injuries in the suicide bombing that killed at least 12 people Thursday morning. Havaldar Ravinder Singh and Constable Kulwant Singh were manning their post along the embassy wall in Kabul when the blast took place.
Nirupama Rao to go to Kabul FridayOctober 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao is likely to go to Afghanistan Friday to take stock of the situation in the aftermath of the suicide attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul, in which 17 people were killed. According to reliable sources, Rao is expected to leave Friday for Kabul.
Pakistan condemns Kabul bomb attack on Indian embassyOctober 8th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Government on Thursday condemned the car bomb attack outside the Indian Embassy in Kabul, saying elements in Afghanistan were intent on sabotaging the peace efforts initiated by allied forces. Foreign Office spokesperson Abdul Basit told media persons here that some elements in Afghanistan were trying to damage relations between New Delhi and Islamabad.
Congress condemns Kabul embassy bombingOctober 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Condemning the suicide bombing outside the Indian embassy in Kabul, the Congress party Thursday said such incidents would hamper the reconstruction process in strife-torn Afghanistan. Such attacks are unfortunate, they should be condemned by the international community, Congress spokesperson Shakeel Ahmad told IANS.
Kabul blast: Indian envoy says its intensity was the same as 2008 blastOctober 8th, 2009 KABUL - India's Ambassador to Afghanistan Jayant Prasad on Thursday said this morning's blast outside the Indian embassy was of the same intensity as the blast that took place in the same area in July 2008. Ambassador Prasad also confirmed that as of now no embassy staff had been injured and that some walls of the embassy complex had been severely damaged.
India will not be intimidated by Kabul attack: TharoorOctober 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.
Britain condemns attack on Indian embassy in KabulOctober 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - British Foreign Minister David Miliband Thursday rang up his Indian counterpart S.M. Krishna and expressed his sympathies at the suicide car bomb attack outside the Indian embassy in Kabul.
Suicide bombing near Indian embassy in Kabul, 3 deadOctober 7th, 2009 KABUL - At least three people were killed in a suicide bombing near the Indian embassy in the Afghan capital Thursday morning. The explosion occurred on the road on which the India embassy and the Afghan interior ministry is located.
Indians unhurt in Kabul blastAugust 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Indian embassy in Kabul escape damage when a suicide bomber exploded in the Afghan capital Saturday killing at least three people and wounding over 60. All Indian nationals are safe, official sources here said.
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