Pakistan has been targeting Indian professionals working in Afghanistan in a variety of ways and several of them have been attacked and kidnapped over the past 12 years, the Centre told Lok Sabha on Monday during the Monsoon Session of the Parliament.
The neighboring country has also tried to designate four Indians, who had previously worked in Afghanistan, as terrorists under the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267, Union Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said in a written reply to questions raised by Bharatiya Janata Party MP GS Basavaraj. “However, the 1267 Sanctions Committee, based on its internal procedures, has not approved the request,” he said.
Muraleedharan said that several Indians working in Afghanistan were assaulted and kidnapped, adding that Indian Embassy and its consulates have also been attacked. “With the assistance…