Rocket lands on Indian embassy premises in Kabul, no casualties reported
Follow UsPanicked gripped the Indian embassy in Kabul as a rocket landed on its premises Monday night causing minor damage to a structure at the rear of the embassy compound.
According to Raveesh Kumar, official spokesperson, Ministry of External Affairs, the incident caused no fire or casualties.
''Our Charge d' Affairs informs that all Embassy employees are safe,'' he added.
A rocket landed in the premises of our Embassy in Kabul a while ago causing minor damage to a structure at rear side of the Embassy compound. No fire or casualties. Our Charge d' Affaires informs that all Embassy employees are safe.
— Raveesh Kumar (@MEAIndia) January 15, 2018
Till now, no outfit has claimed the attack, even though the Taliban and Haqqani Network have carried out similar strikes in the past.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj also tweeted about the incident.
She said the rocket clipped the top of the three-storied ITBP barracks. But that there were no casualties and that all Indians and staff were safe.
Kabul - A rocket has landed in our Chancery compound in Kabul. The rocket has clipped the top of the three storied ITBP barracks. There are no casualties. All Indians and staff are safe.
— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) January 15, 2018