BLAST-LD INDIA TWO LAST

Rao said the security measures for the personnel and the
mission taken after the 2008 attack have "worked effectively
and have been able to prevent" what could have been a bigger
tragedy Thursday.

After the July 7, 2008 attack, Indian authorities had
erected a huge wall of concrete around the embassy to secure
the mission which was almost destroyed in that blast.

India has also acquired several bullet proof vehicles for
the embassy personnel.In the 2008 attack, IFS officer V V Rao
and defence attache R D Mehta were killed while they were
entering the embassy in their vehicles.

Rao also asserted that India will take "whatever measures
needed to safeguard security of our personnel and our
interests in Afghanistan." PTI