Lashkar-i-Taiba behind Herat Attack : Karzai

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Newly sworn-in Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with Afghan President Hamid Karzai after the swearing-in ceremony
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NEW DELHI: Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Monday accused Lashkar-i-Taiba (LT) – a Pakistan-based Kashmiri rebel group – of being behind last week’s attack by gunmen on an Indian diplomatic mission in the west of his war-torn country.

On the eve of talks between India's new Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif, Karzai blamed the LT for Friday’s attack on the consulate in Herat, the latest in a string of assaults on Indian targets in Afghanistan.

“According to the information that we have available to us – one given to us by a Western intelligence agency – the perpetrators were of Lashkar-i-Taiba,” Karzai told India's Headlines Today television channel.

“The incident is condemned by the Afghan people as it is condemned by the people of India. This was a clear, clear attack by terrorists,” said Karzai who was in New Delhi to attend Modi's inauguration ceremony.

Although there were no casualties among Indian staff, at least two policemen were wounded when the heavily-armed attackers stormed a house close to the consulate and opened fire on the building in a pre-dawn assault that was eventually repelled by security forces.

Lashkar-i-Taiba was also blamed for the 2008 attacks by Pakistani gunmen in Mumbai which killed 166 people and triggered a complete breakdown in ties between New Delhi and Islamabad.

Some analysts have interpreted Friday's attack as an attempt by anti-India elements in Pakistan to test the resolve of Modi, a hardline Hindu nationalist.

http://www.dawn.com/news/1108704v

 

[HAIDER]

Poor Karzai....He could have said Taliban , wonder why he pick the organization blacklisted by Indian govt.

 

[Secret Service]

Puppet with many strings ..poor bastard

 

[halupridol]

karzai is lying!!!
this is all RAW conspiracy

 

[rockstar08]

karzai is looking for his new master ..... i feel pity for him

 

[HAIDER]

karzai is lying!!!
this is all RAW conspiracy

Never know, Intelligence do little damage for bigger gain.

 

[Rahi812]

Karzai is a hero in his own sense. Well done Karzai.

 

[HRK]

Poor Karzai....He could have said Taliban , wonder why he pick the organization blacklisted by Indian govt.

its obvious after few days he has to shift to his new home .....

 

[Secret Service]

looks like indian ambassador in Afghanistan ...

 

[Donatello]

Of course, it's ISI everywhere.

 

[Bratva]

WTF sorcery is that? Attack occurs in Afghanistan and that Haramkhor Harjaai is relying on info provided to him by an Western Intelligence agency? If his own Intel agencies doesn't know what's going inside country, then how can a third party know?

 

[HAIDER]

WTF sorcery is that? Attack occurs in Afghanistan and that Haramkhor Harjaai is relying on info provided to him by an Western Intelligence agency? If his own Intel agencies doesn't know what's going inside country, then how can a third party know?

That's why he is in India.....lolz..saab mera mulk ma kia ho raha haa

 

[Informant]

Hahah this Karzai guy is funny.

 

[ranjeet]

Of course, it's ISI everywhere.

the article doesn't even mention ISI, feeling a little left out?

 

[Donatello]

the article doesn't even mention ISI, feeling a little left out?

Sooner than later. Come up with something new.