2014 attack on Indian consulate in Herat

Attack on Indian consulate by Pakistan-based militants June 2026 March 2019 2014 Attack on Indian Consulate in Herat War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Herat in Afghanistan.svg Location of Herat Province in Afghanistan Herat, Afghanistan Indian consulate 23 May 2014 3:15 a.m. 4 attackers 2+ assault rifles Lashkar-e-TaibaLeT responsible for attack at Indian consulate in Herat: US The Indian consulate in Herat, Afghanistan was attacked on 23 May 2014 by four heavily armed militants, three days before the inaugural ceremony of Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister of India. The attack The Indian consulate in Herat, Afghanistan was attacked around 3:15 a.m. on 23 May 2014 by four heavily armed militants. The attackers were armed with machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades, hand grenades and suicide vests. They opened fire from a nearby home. All the attackers were killed during a lengthy gun battle, two by the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and others by the Afghan security forces.IANS Indian Consulate in Afghanistan attacked, 4 gunmen killed https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/south-asia/Indian-Consulate-in-Afghanistan-attacked-4-gunmen-killed/article11629128.ece 23 May 2014 The Hindu 23 May 2014Indian consulate attacked in Afghanistan, The Guardian, 23 May 2014.Indian consulate in Herat, Afghanistan attacked, BBC News, 23 May 2014. No one in the consulate's staff was injured. A squad of 23 ITBP personnel was guarding the consulate.Attack on Indian consulate in Afghanistan's Herat thwarted, all gunmen killed http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/indian-consulate-in-afghanistan-s-herat-attacked-by-unknown-gunmen/article1-1221993.aspx https://web.archive.org/web/20140523200745/http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/indian-consulate-in-afghanistan-s-herat-attacked-by-unknown-gunmen/article1-1221993.aspx dead 23 May 2014 23 May 2014 Hindustan Times 23 May 2014Arora Kamna Indian consulate in Afghanistan attacked: Four gunmen killed, Hamid Karzai calls Narendra Modi http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/indian-consulate-in-afghanistan-attacked-four-gunmen-killed-hamid-karzai-calls-narendra-modi_934202.html 23 May 2014 Zee news 23 May 2014 The consulate, located in central Herat, enjoys extensive protection comparable only to the U.S. consulate in the city. It has at least three layers of security, and visitors must walk 200 m to reach it as the road leading to it is barricaded.Why Was India's Herat Consulate Attacked? https://thediplomat.com/2014/05/why-was-indias-herat-consulate-attacked/ 24 May 2014 The Diplomat 24 May 2014 No group claimed responsibility for the attack.Indian consulate attacked in Afghanistan's Herat http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Indian-consulate-attacked-in-Afghanistans-Herat/articleshow/35498871.cms 23 May 2014 The Times of India 23 May 2014 Analysis On 25 May, the Afghan president Hamid Karzai informed Indian media that the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), a Pakistani terrorist organisation with links to the Pakistani intelligence agency ISI, was responsible for the attack. Indian security agencies also agreed with the assessment. In June, the US State Department came out with its own assessment that the LeT was responsible for the attacks and redesignated LeT as a terrorist organisation.LeT responsible for attack at Indian consulate in Herat: US, The Hindu, 26 June 2014. After a symbolic ban by President Musharraf, the LeT had renamed itself Jamat ud Dawa and begun posing as a charity.Pakistani charity is a terror front which attacked Indian consulate, says US, The Telegraph, 26 June 2014. According to American South Asia analyst Bruce Riedel, the LeT had planned to take Indian diplomats hostage and execute them just as Narendra Modi was taking office. Their goal was, according to Riedel, to discredit Pakistan's own Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who was due to attend Modi's inaugural ceremony. This was meant to be payback to Sharif for having put the former army dictator Pervez Musharraf on trial for treason.Bruce Riedel, Nuclear Pakistan’s Spies Target India—and Their Own Prime Minister, The Daily Beast/Brookings Institution, 4 September 2014. The Diplomat reported a Pakistani security expert stating that the timing of the attack was related to the swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi. There were said to be forces in Pakistan that were agitated about any bonhomie with the BJP leader as they see him as an enemy.Why Was India's Herat Consulate Attacked? https://web.archive.org/web/20200604113700/https://thediplomat.com/2014/05/whywasindiasheratconsulateattacked/ 4 June 2020 , The Diplomat, 24 May 2014. Reactions Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai spoke to India's Prime Minister designate Narendra Modi after the attack and called it "an attack on Afghanistan, India and our shared interests".Gunmen attack Indian Consulate in Afghanistan http://bigstory.ap.org/article/gunmen-attack-indian-consulate-afghanistan-0 24 May 2014 Associated Press 23 May 2014 25 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140525201649/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/gunmen-attack-indian-consulate-afghanistan-0 dead Narendra Modi condemned the attack and assured support to Amar Sinha, the Indian ambassador to Afghanistan.Narendra Modi condemns attack on Indian consulate in Herat http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/05/narendra-modi-condemns-attack-on-indian-consulate-in-herat/ IANS news.biharprabha.com 23 May 2014 The External affairs ministry of Sri Lanka and Foreign Affairs Ministry of Pakistan also condemned the attack.Sri Lanka and Pakistan condemn Attack on Indian Consulate in Herat http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/05/sri-lanka-condemns-attack-on-indian-consulate-in-herat/ IANS news.biharprabha.com 23 May 2014 See also 2013 Indian embassy attack 2013 attack on U.S. consulate in Herat References Indian consulate in Herat Herat Indian consulate Category:Terrorist incidents in Afghanistan in 2014 Category:21st century in Herat 2014 attack on Indian consulate in Herat Category:Islamic terrorist incidents in 2014 Category:2014 in international relations Category:May 2014 in Afghanistan Category:Afghanistan–India relations Category:Attacks in Afghanistan in 2014