Rocket Grenade Attack On Indian Envoy’s House In Kabul, No Casualties
A rocket-propelled grenade exploded inside India House, Indian Ambassador Manpreet Vohra's residential compound in Kabul on Tuesday afternoon. Top sources confirmed there were no injuries after it exploded on the tennis court of the residential complex.
India House is a highly guarded and fortified compound and is close to several embassies and NATO's 'Resolute Support' Headquarters. The incident took place even as Kabul is under a security blanket for The Kabul Peace and Security Conference, being attended by top officials of 27 countries and international organizations.
Last week's attack was at the German embassy gate, near the Indian embassy compound. Today's rocket propelled attack was at The Indian Ambassador's residential compound, which is some distance away.
The Afghan Intelligence Service - the NDS - blamed the Haqqani network and Pakistan's ISI for last week's blast - something Islamabad denies.
The Kabul Peace Conference initiated by Afghanistan is trying to build a regional and international consensus on security and the fight against terrorism. US President Donald Trump is to decide soon whether to agree to the Pentagon and send up to 5,000 more US troops to the 9,000 already present in Afghanistan. Currently there are about 13,400 foreign troops in the country.
