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| More Indo-Tibetan Border Police to be sent to Afghanistan |
| 2010-03-03 |
| The Centre is considering plans to deploy more Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel in Afghanistan, a move that may see embassy officials, aid agencies and private-sector employees there get personal security. Security agencies believe that with Pakistan's unease at Indian presence in Afghanistan, terror strikes on Indian establishments may continue. New Delhi hasn't, however, accused Pakistan of engineering Friday's strike in Kabul in which six Indians were killed. Senior home ministry officials are waiting for the report of the Indian investigators who are now in Kabul to probe last week's attack before chalking out a detailed security plan. National security adviser Shiv Shankar Menon is scheduled to land in the Afghan capital on Friday along with officials of the Intelligence Bureau. A senior home ministry official said it was now certain that more ITBP personnel would be deployed. “Our aid and reconstruction activities in Afghanistan will continue. A team of Indian officials was in Kabul a few months back to assess the situation. Their assessment, along with that of the current team (sent after the terrorist strike on Friday), will help us in formulating a new security plan,' said the official. There are about 4,000 Indians engaged in projects being funded from India's $1.3-billion assistance to the war-torn nation. The officials are vulnerable as they work in hospitals, schools, power plants and other public places. |
| Posted by:john frum |
| #1 HMMMMM, HMMMM, wehell, yokay dokay PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUM > NEPAL CAUGHT IN MIDDLE BETWEEN CHINA AND INDIA. IIUC ARTIC > no matter what, when, or whom, as per INDJUH-VS-CHINA NEPAL, NEPAL + OTHER HIMALAYAN KONGDOMS/STATES LOSE. ONLY REAL QUESTION IS THE MAGNITUDE OF THEIR LOSS. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-03-03 22:36 |