At least three people have been killed and 19 others wounded after four suicide attacker launched a coordinated attack on Indian Consulate on Wednesday afternoon. A policeman and two civilians were among those killed.
The Indian External Affairs Ministry said all Indians in the mission were safe and six terrorists, who carried out the attack, were dead. While two terrorists blew themselves up, four militants were killed by the Afghan police.
“They are simply attacking India’s presence in Afghanistan, whenever they get the opportunity,” Karzai said, as he is currently attending the Raisina Dialogue in New Delhi.
He said “The whole range of the India-Afghan relations, the relationship itself, is the target of the attacks.”
“Each of those attacks has originated from across the border, from the neighbouring Pakistan. That’s where the origin of this trouble is: the Lashkar-e-Taiba is from there, the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Jaish-e- Mohammad, all these outfits are from Pakistan. So, the sanctuaries, the training grounds, the financial factors and the motivating factors are all inside Pakistan, and come from across the border.” Karzai added.
“What is there in the relationship between India and Afghanistan that would irk someone so much that they would come and attack the Indian consulates, or attack Afghanistan”, asked Mr. Karzai during the interview, adding that terror emanating from Pakistan was the single reason for problems between Afghanistan and Pakistan as well.
