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23 May 2014, Hindustan Times

Indian Consulate in Afghanistan attacked; gunmen killed

The Hindustan Times carried a quote by Gateway House's Sameer Patil, Associate Fellow, National Security, Ethnic Conflict and Terrorism analysing the attacks on the Indian Consulate in Afghanistan

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Gunmen armed with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades attacked the Indian consulate in western Afghanistan’s Herat province early on Friday, an assault that injured no diplomatic staff, officials said. Prime minister-designate Narendra Modi condemned the attack on the consulate and called the Indian ambassador to Afghanistan Amar Sinha. “I condemn the attack on our consulate in Herat, Afghanistan. Closely monitoring the situation. I have spoken to the Ambassador as well,” he posted on Twitter. Modi also assured all support to the staff in the country.

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