Indian team rushes to Afghanistan, NSA to visit on Mar 5

In the wake of the Friday's Kabul attack, a team of Indian investigators has been rushed to the Afghan capital and National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon will pay a visit there on March 5 to discuss security of Indians in Afghanistan.

In the wake of the Friday's Kabul attack, a team of Indian investigators has been rushed to the Afghan capital and National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon will pay a visit there on March 5 to discuss security of Indians in Afghanistan.

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The Indian team, including officials of home and defence ministries, has joined their Afghan counterpart in probing the attack on the two hotels on Friday in which Indians engaged in developmental and reconstruction works in that country were targeted by terrorists, sources told PTI.

Afghanistan has set up a five-member team to investigate the incident.

Menon will travel to Kabul on March 5 and is expected to meet the top leadership of Afghanistan including President Hamid Karzai to discuss various aspects related to security of Indians engaged in developmental projects across Afghanistan.

The investigators suspect involvement of the Taliban, particularly the Haqqani group, in league with elements of Lashkar-e-Taiba in the assault.

The Indian team will be collecting evidence as to who were involved in the attack, the sources said.

The terror attack in Kabul was on the pattern of the 26/11 Mumbai carnage, with six to eight terrorists targeting the hotels and hunting for victims during the strike in which six Indians were killed and 10 others injured.