Afghanistan to provide more protection to Indian sites: Karzai
May 12th, 2011 - 10:36 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, May 12 (IANS) Describing attacks on Indians and Indian projects in Afghanistan as “tragic, unfortunate and criminal”, Afghan President Hamid Karzai Thursday promised to provide more protection to them.
“With regard to the very tragic attacks on the Indian embassy and Indian doctors and personnel who are in Afghanistan and are helping the Afghan people in various areas of construction and assistance, this was really tragic, unfortunate and criminal,” Karzai said at a joint press conference with visiting Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
“Afghanistan is trying to provide better and more protection to these sites,” he added.
“We have to fight and fight effectively and it is the responsibility of countries in this region to fight it together. I don’t think at the end of the day anyone can benefit from this violence.
“That is only violence and will not get any objective. We have all learnt and I hope, we have all grown wiser to put our hands together and to campaign more effectively towards a more civilised environment,” he added.
Manmohan Singh is visiting Afghanistan after a gap of six years. Indians have been the target of violence, and the most audacious attack was in 2008 when the Indian embassy in Kabul was attacked, killing 40 people, including a defence attache of the rank of brigadier and an Indian Foreign Service officer.
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