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India considering scaling down operations in Afghanistan
10 Mar, 2010 [05:41 PM]
India is reportedly mulling over options to scale down operations of its missions in Afghanistan in the wake of terror attacks on Indians there.

The 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 today.

This follows an assessment made by National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon's visit to Kabul last week in the wake of the Feb 26 terror attack on guest houses frequented by Indians in which seven Indians were killed.

Apart from the embassy in Kabul, India has consulates in Herat, Kandahar, Mazar-e-Sharif and Jalalabad.

The sources said that an advisory may also be issued asking all Indians presently living in Afghanistan to return home.

They recalled that the operations of the Indian medical mission have already been put on hold after the Feb 26 attack suspected to have been instrumented by Pakistan based Lashkar-e-Taiba.

Taliban terrorists, with backing from Pakistan's 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 ITBP jawans were among those injured.

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