Three arrested for involvement in killing of Indians
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Kabul: Authorities in Afghanistan have arrested three people for alleged involvement in the Saturday's suicide attack in which two Border Roads Organisation (BRO) officials of India and an Afghan driver were killed. Meanwhile, the Indian Government discussed the issue of security and safety of Indian personnel working for the construction of infrastructure in Afghanista.
Amid furor over the killings of Indians, Defence Minister A K Antony discussed with his Afghan counterpart Abdul Rahim Wardak the escalating terror attacks in the country. A day earlier, Antony had strongly condemned the attack and asserted that India would “not succumb to pressures” from the Taliban in its endeavor to work for reconstruction of Afghanistan.
“The roadwork is almost complete,” the Minister said, “The Center is keenly watching the development. Recently there have been several incidents and this is continuation of that. We did not expect any violent attacks on our personnel.”
A Taliban spokesman called up news agencies in Afghanistan and said that the militia first detonated two mines and then a suicide bomber blew him up.
Nearly 400 BRO personnel are engaged in construction of a crucial 218 km highway between Zaranj and Delaram in Afghanistan as part of India's assistance programme for reconstruction of the war-torn country. The Afghanistan authorities has said that two of those arrested were local shopkeepers, while the third belonged to Kandahar.
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Amid furor over the killings of Indians, Defence Minister A K Antony discussed with his Afghan counterpart Abdul Rahim Wardak the escalating terror attacks in the country. A day earlier, Antony had strongly condemned the attack and asserted that India would “not succumb to pressures” from the Taliban in its endeavor to work for reconstruction of Afghanistan.
“The roadwork is almost complete,” the Minister said, “The Center is keenly watching the development. Recently there have been several incidents and this is continuation of that. We did not expect any violent attacks on our personnel.”
A Taliban spokesman called up news agencies in Afghanistan and said that the militia first detonated two mines and then a suicide bomber blew him up.
Nearly 400 BRO personnel are engaged in construction of a crucial 218 km highway between Zaranj and Delaram in Afghanistan as part of India's assistance programme for reconstruction of the war-torn country. The Afghanistan authorities has said that two of those arrested were local shopkeepers, while the third belonged to Kandahar.
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