All the four gunmen, who had stormed the Indian consulate in Afghanistan's Herat province early today, have been gunned down, Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) chief Subhas Goswami said. "One terrorist was killed by ITBP personnel while three have been killed by Afghan forces. The attack has been successfully repulsed," he said.
The Director General also said that security at the Indian Embassy in Kabul and consulates in Jalalabad, Mazar-e-Sharif and Khandhar besides Herat has been beefed up and a high alert sounded to all Indian assets based across Afghanistan.
Prime Minister elect Narendra Modi called Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai thanking the efforts of Afghan forces in thwarting attack on India's Consulate. Karzai assured Modi that Afghanistan will do all to protect India's Missions there



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