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> Indians are the enemies of the Taliban because the Indians helped
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> Alliance" fight the Taliban.
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> 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
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> Afghanistan tribal culture which predates Islam.
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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
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> > 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 )
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> > 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 )
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> > 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.
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> > The other two Indians killed in the attack were identified as ITBP
> > personnel Ajai Pathania and Roop Singh.
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> > 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.
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> > 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.
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> > 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.
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> > Afghan Foreign Minister Rangeen Dadfar Spanta visited the embassy soon
> > after the attack suspected to be carried out by the Taliban.
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> > Interior Ministry spokesman Najib Nikzad said the blast killed 41
> > people. US-led coalition forces cordoned off the site after the
> > explosion.
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> > 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.
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> > "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.
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> > 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.
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> > Some witnesses said that the bomber was trying to target two
> > diplomatic vehicles as they were entering the embassy premises.
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> > It is the first major attack on an Indian mission abroad and the
> > deadliest suicide bombing in Kabul since the Taliban were ousted by
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> > led NATO forces in late 2001.
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> > People queuing up for visa at the Indian embassy, shoppers at a nearby
> > market and security personnel bore the brunt of the blast.
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> > 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.
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> > "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.- Hide quoted text -
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According to this principle, India should now send troops to help NATO
fight Taliban.
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