When the news of Border Roads Organisation (BRO) worker MR Kutty's murder, following his abduction, along with three others, in Afghanistan, reached India, it was received with much anger -- in the establishment -- and shock -- in his Kerala home.

The government's indignation over his brutal killing burst out in the open with India even directly accusing Pakistan of conspiring with the Taliban forces in the brutal deed.

The Zaranj-Delaram road, on which Kutty was working and which would connect the area to the Garland highway of Afghanistan when it is completed, will reduce Afghan's dependence on Pakistan substantially.

Kutty's body was found, with slashed throat and a note saying that India should quit Afghanistan.

According to analysts, it is not a message from the Taliban, but from Pakistan, through the Islamic militia, not to get unduly involved in Afghanistan.

Though Indian government sent a team to review security for Indians involved in the reconstruction of Afghanistan, it will take some time before the latter sees the back of terror in the war-torn country.