The Embassy of India in Kabul is the
diplomatic mission of the
Republic of India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
to
Afghanistan. The current Ambassador is Rudrendra Tandon.
The Indian embassy and consulates in Afghanistan had been targeted by militants repeatedly.
The embassy as well as consulates were closed in August 2021 after
2021 Taliban offensive
A military offensive by the Taliban insurgent group and other allied militants led to the fall of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan based in Kabul and marked the end of the nearly 20-year-old War in Afghanistan, that had begun following the ...
. Taliban ransacked Indian diplomatic missions in Afghanistan.
In June 2022, India finally re-established its diplomatic presence in Afghanistan by sending a 'Technical Team' with humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan at its Embassy.
History
Embassy was established in January 1950 as a result of ''Five-year Treaty of Friendship ''. The treaty provided for establishment of diplomatic and consular posts in each other's territories.
Indian consulates in Afghanistan
India had consulates in
Herat,
Kandahar,
Jalalabad and
Mazar-i-Sharif, all of which are associated with the Indian Embassy in Kabul.
Terrorist attacks
2008 bombing
The 2008 Indian embassy bombing in Kabul was a suicide bomb
terror attack on the
Indian embassy in
Kabul, Afghanistan on 7 July 2008 at 8:30 AM local time.
The bombing killed 58 people
and wounded 141.
The
suicide car bombing
A car bomb, bus bomb, lorry bomb, or truck bomb, also known as a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED), is an improvised explosive device designed to be detonated in an automobile or other vehicles.
Car bombs can be roughly divide ...
took place near the gates of the embassy during morning hours when officials enter the embassy.
2009 bombing
The 2009 Kabul Indian embassy bombing was a
suicide bomb attack
A suicide attack is any violent attack, usually entailing the attacker detonating an explosive, where the attacker has accepted their own death as a direct result of the attacking method used. Suicide attacks have occurred throughout histor ...
on the
Indian
embassy in
Kabul,
Afghanistan on 8 October 2009 at 8:30 am local time. The bombing killed 17 people
and wounded 63.
Attacks on Consulate Generals
There have been carried out attacks on Indian consulates in
Jalalabad (
in 2013) and
Herat (
in 2014).
See also
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Afghanistan–India relations
Afghanistan–India relations are the diplomatic relations between India and Afghanistan. The two countries share cultural ties through Bollywood and cricket.
The Republic of India was the only South Asian country to recognize the Soviet-backe ...
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Foreign relations of India
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Foreign relations of Afghanistan
The foreign relations of Afghanistan are in a transitional phase since the 2021 fall of Kabul to the Taliban and the collapse of the internationally-recognized Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. No country has recognised the new regime, the Isla ...
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List of diplomatic missions of India
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List of diplomatic missions in Afghanistan
References
External links
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