Attack on Indian consulate in Afghanistan foiled ..

[Sai Jai]

Even as the operation against
terrorists at the Pathankot airbase
continued on Sunday, the Indian
consulate in Mazar-e-Sharif in
Northern Afghanistan came under
attack from four armed terrorists.
The commandos of the Indo-Tibetan
Border Police (ITBP) force, which
guards the consulate building, were
the first to engage with the terrorists
for almost an hour and were able to
thwart the attack.
DG ITBP Krishna Chowdhury told The
Hindu: “Our men engaged with the
terrorists and managed to stop them
before they could inflict any damage.
The Afghan National Police had
reached the consulate building by
then and took over after that.”
The officer added that the firing was
directed at the consulate from an
adjacent building and there were at
least four armed men. Two of them
were reported to have been killed.
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