Indians are the enemies of the Taliban because the Indians helped "Northern
Alliance" fight the Taliban.
Even Hindu Shastra says that a Shatru's (enemies) mittr (friend) is an
enemy. The Taliban are acting out of this Hindu principle still part of
the
Afghanistan tribal culture which predates Islam.
"Mirza Ghalib" <mghalib01@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> How much cooperation they had from the Afghan police
> guarding the mission? Who can guess.
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> DEFENCE ATTACHE KILLED IN KABUL MISSION BLAST
> 7 Jul 2008, 1600 hrs IST,PTI
> Times of India, July 7
>
> Afghan police officers stand guard at the entrance of the Indian
> embassy in Kabul. (AP Photo)
> More Pictures
> KABUL: Terrorists rammed an explosives-laden car into the heavily
> fortified Indian embassy's gates in the Afghanistan capital on Monday,
> killing at least 41 people, including four Indian nationals, among
> them a senior diplomat and defence attache. ( Watch )
>
> Defence Attache Brigadier R D Mehta and Counsellor Venkateswara Rao
> were killed when the suicide bomber targeted the embassy during the
> morning rush hour, Indian ambassador Jayant Prasad, who escaped unhurt
> in the bombing, said. ( Watch )
>
> Rao's body was flung over the roof by the impact of the explosion that
> blew off the embassy's gates and outer structure and damaged buildings
> inside the compound. Two Indian embassy vehicles were also damaged, an
> official said, adding over 140 people were injured in the blast.
>
> The other two Indians killed in the attack were identified as ITBP
> personnel Ajai Pathania and Roop Singh.
>
> Wounded people lay on the road wailing for help amid blood and severed
> limbs after the blast as a cloud of dust and smoke billowed from the
> site.
>
> A fifth deceased employee of the Indian Embassy Niamutullah, was a
> local Afghan, officials, said adding three Indians were also injured
> in the blast. Among the dead were seven Afghan guards deployed at the
> mission.
>
> India said it is ru****ng a high-level team, headed by Nalin Surie,
> Secretary (West) to Kabul to *****s the "emergency" situation there,
> External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said in New Delhi.
>
> Afghan Foreign Minister Rangeen Dadfar Spanta visited the embassy soon
> after the attack suspected to be carried out by the Taliban.
>
> Interior Ministry spokesman Najib Nikzad said the blast killed 41
> people. US-led coalition forces cordoned off the site after the
> explosion.
>
> Afghan President Hamid Karzai blamed the "enemies" of the strong
> friend****p between Afghanistan and India for the attack but did not
> name any person or group.
>
> "The president strongly condemned the terrorist attack against the
> Indian embassy in Kabul and considers it the work of enemies of
> Afghanistan-India friend****p," a statement from his office said.
>
> No group has taken responsibility for the attack carried out with an
> explosive-packed Toyoto Corolla driven by the suicide bomber who also
> blew himself up as he rammed the vehicle into the embassy, near the
> Interior Ministry.
>
> Some witnesses said that the bomber was trying to target two
> diplomatic vehicles as they were entering the embassy premises.
>
> It is the first major attack on an Indian mission abroad and the
> deadliest suicide bombing in Kabul since the Taliban were ousted by US-
> led NATO forces in late 2001.
>
> People queuing up for visa at the Indian embassy, shoppers at a nearby
> market and security personnel bore the brunt of the blast.
>
> New Delhi strongly condemned the terror attack and said that such
> "cowardly" acts would not deter it from fulfilling commitments to the
> government and people of Afghanistan.
>
> "We are in touch with the Ambassador who is supervising arrangements
> for medical assistance," External Affairs Ministry spokesman Navtej
> Sarna said in a statement in New Delhi.
>
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