Author: PTI
Publication: Ptinews.com
Date: March 3, 2010
URL: http://www.ptinews.com/news/546283_Holbrooke-s-comments-on-Kabul-attack-surprises-India
The contention by US Special Envoy on Afghanistan
and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke that Indians were not the target of the latest
Kabul attack has come as a surprise to the government here.
Sources said the comments were surprising
considering the fact that the Afghan government has clearly stated that attack
was against Indians and carried out by Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT),
whose sworn agenda is to target Indian interests.
Holbrooke had told reporters in Washington
yesterday that he did not "accept the fact that this was an attack on
an Indian facility like the (Indian) embassy. They were foreigners, non-Indian
foreigners hurt. It was a soft target.
Let's not jump to conclusions."
The sources here wondered on what basis Holbrooke
made the statement.
