India mulling scaling down Afghan mission operations

New Delhi, Mar 10 (PTI) India is looking at various
options including paring down of the operations of its
missions in Afghanistan in the wake of terror attacks on
Indians there.

Government is also planning to put all the Indians
working in projects like power and road together to ensure
their safety, reliable government sources said on Wednesday.
This follows an assessment made by National Security
Adviser of India Shivshankar Menon's visit to Kabul last week
in the wake of terror attack on Feb 26 on guest houses
frequented by Indians in which seven Indians were killed.
Apart from the embassy in Kabul, Indian has
consulates in Herat, Kandahar, Mazar-e-Sharif and Jalalabad.
The sources said that an advisory may also be issued
asking all Indians now in Afghanistan to return home.
They recalled that the operations of the Indian
medical mission has already been put on hold after the Feb 26
attack in which the hand of Pakistan based LeT operatives is
suspected.
Taliban terrorists, with backing from Pakistan's
Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), had targeted the Indian
embassy twice in the past. On July 7, 2008, 60 people,
including four Indians--one IFS official and a
brigadier-ranked official were killed in the attack, while on
Oct 8 last year, four Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) jawans
were among those injured. PTI ACB
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