Blast outside Pakistani consulate in Afghanistan

[Neo]

Blast outside Pakistani consulate in Afghanistan​

KABUL, Afghanistan - An explosion outside a Pakistani consulate in western Afghanistan on Thursday wounded at least one person, officials said.

Explosives placed on a bicycle detonated outside the gates of the consulate in the city of Herat, said Naeem Khan, spokesman for the Pakistani Embassy in the Afghan capital, Kabul.

He said a policeman was wounded but according to Mir Ahmad, a police official in Herat, two people were hurt — a police guard and a woman.

No one was injured inside the consulate, Khan said. Pakistan has four consulates in Afghanistan, he said.

Pakistan's government was quick to condemn the blast and remind the Afghan government of its duty to protect diplomatic offices. "We hope that Government of Afghanistan will take its responsibility seriously," a statement from Pakistan's foreign ministry said.

Afghanistan is battling a raging Taliban-led insurgency, but much of the violence has occurred in the south and the east of the country, although the west has not been immune.

The growing instability in the country has strained relations with Pakistan, which Afghan officials contend is not doing enough to crack down on militants who hide out on its side of the border in the east.

Afghan-Pakistan relations hit a new low after a huge bombing outside the Indian Embassy in Kabul on July 7. Indian and Afghan officials say their information indicates Pakistani involvement in the attack, which killed some 60 people.

In other violence, Taliban militants killed Bacha Khan, a tribal elder, and his two sons, and wounded his wife in Arghandab district of the southern Kandahar province, said district chief Zemarai Khan.

The militants kidnapped seven other elders during the Wednesday raid, Khan said.

Arghandab is seen as a strategic location that is key to controlling access to Kandahar city, the main hub of southern Afghanistan and the Taliban's former stronghold.

Insurgents have overrun the district, which is located 8 miles north of the city, at least twice this year, only to be pushed back by Afghan and foreign troops.

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Associated Press writers Rahim Faiez in Kabul and Noor Khan in Kandahar contributed to this report.

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[IceCold]

I wonder what Karzai has to say on this. He was running his loud mouth when the same happened in the Indian embassy, why silence now or should we consider it as a joint venture between Afghanistan and RAW. The Afghan ambassador in Islamabad should be called to the foreign office and a strong protest should be laid to him or better yet tell him to get out of the country.

 

[HAIDER]

HERAT, Afghanistan, July 31 (AFP) A small bomb exploded Thursday near Pakistan's consulate in Afghanistan's western city of Herat, injuring a policeman and a woman, police said. The bomb, attached to a bicycle, appeared to have been detonated remotely, deputy city police chief Ghulam Sarwar Haidary told AFP. “A bomb placed on a bicycle exploded near the Pakistan consulate. One policeman, guarding the consulate, and a woman passer-by were wounded,” the official said. The bomb caused little damage, blowing out some windows nearby. It was not known who was behind the blast and there was no immediate claim of responsibility. (Posted @ 15:05 PST)
- DAWN - Latest Stories; July 31, 2008

 

[Neo]

I wonder what Karzai has to say on this. He was running his loud mouth when the same happened in the Indian embassy, why silence now or should we consider it as a joint venture between Afghanistan and RAW. The Afghan ambassador in Islamabad should be called to the foreign office and a strong protest should be laid to him or better yet tell him to get out of the country.

He's probably consulting his masters how to react.
I like the strong comdemnation by FO, finally we're learning how to get loud from our neighbors.

 

[ejaz007]

The blast shows all the characteristics of RAW planning and execution perhaps with the help of Afghan government. A bicycle and a bomb. They have not moved on still using old methods.

 

[ejaz007]

Blast outside Pakistani consulate in Herat

* Foreign Office says Afghan government responsible for safety of Pakistani personnel, summons Afghan envoy, lodges protest

HERAT: A bicycle bomb outside the Pakistani consulate in the western Afghan city of Herat wounded a guard and two civilians on Thursday, a Reuters witness said.

The explosives were attached to a bicycle near a police kiosk outside the consulate, wounding a police guard and a woman and a child. There was no damage to the consulate. Pakistan condemned the bombing.

FO: “The government of Pakistan holds the government of Afghanistan responsible for the safety and security of its personnel in its embassy in Kabul and consulates in Herat, Kandahar, Jalalabad and Mazar-i-Sharif,” Foreign Office said in a statement.

“We hope that the government of Afghanistan will take its responsibility seriously. The ambassador of Afghanistan is being summoned to the Foreign Office to convey the grave concerns of government of Pakistan,” it said.

Pakistan summoned Afghan ambassador to the Foreign Office and formally lodged its protest over the incident.

Pakistan had requested greater security at its diplomatic missions in Afghanistan, an embassy official in Kabul said.

Afghanistan’s government said in a statement that it also “strongly condemned the blast”. agencies

Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan

 

[ejaz007]

Blast outside Pakistani consulate in Herat

* Foreign Office says Afghan government responsible for safety of Pakistani personnel, summons Afghan envoy, lodges protest

HERAT: A bicycle bomb outside the Pakistani consulate in the western Afghan city of Herat wounded a guard and two civilians on Thursday, a Reuters witness said.

The explosives were attached to a bicycle near a police kiosk outside the consulate, wounding a police guard and a woman and a child. There was no damage to the consulate. Pakistan condemned the bombing.

FO: “The government of Pakistan holds the government of Afghanistan responsible for the safety and security of its personnel in its embassy in Kabul and consulates in Herat, Kandahar, Jalalabad and Mazar-i-Sharif,” Foreign Office said in a statement.

“We hope that the government of Afghanistan will take its responsibility seriously. The ambassador of Afghanistan is being summoned to the Foreign Office to convey the grave concerns of government of Pakistan,” it said.

Pakistan summoned Afghan ambassador to the Foreign Office and formally lodged its protest over the incident.

Pakistan had requested greater security at its diplomatic missions in Afghanistan, an embassy official in Kabul said.

Afghanistan’s government said in a statement that it also “strongly condemned the blast”. agencies

Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan

 

[GHATAK]

Cycle bomb in a country of suicide bombers ????
Somebody is faking something.
It will be really bad if this is also exposed.



No I will not argue.

 

[IceCold]

Cycle bomb in a country of suicide bombers ????
Somebody is faking something.
It will be really bad if this is also exposed.



No I will not argue.

I am sure somebody is definitely up to give ISI a bad name.

 

[nitesh]

I am sure somebody is definitely up to give ISI a bad name.

Sir, how blast outside pakistani embassy is going to earn ISI a bad name?

 

[IceCold]

Sir, how blast outside pakistani embassy is going to earn ISI a bad name?

Read Ghatak's post and you will understand. He's such a fool filled with anti Pakistan **** that he thinks ISI has carried out this blast but instead got stuck in their own plan. ISI isn't stupid atleast not in the way Ghatak considers it to be.

 

[Spring Onion]

Cycle bomb in a country of suicide bombers ????
Somebody is faking something.
It will be really bad if this is also exposed.
No I will not argue.

Cycle bombs are legacy of RAW.

Poor souls cant come up with something new

 

[GHATAK]

Sir, how blast outside pakistani embassy is going to earn ISI a bad name?

Good brain twister.

 

[nitesh]

Cycle bombs are legacy of RAW.

Poor souls cant come up with something new

So you are stating indirectly that making mass killings is speciality of ISI like blast outside Indian Embassy

 

[GHATAK]

Cycle bombs are legacy of RAW.

Poor souls cant come up with something new

Oh yes, Bangladesh was liberated with Cycle bombs.