Kabul, Apr 13 (ANI): Authorities in Afghanistan have arrested three people for alleged involvement in the Saturday's suicide attack in which two Border Roads Organisation (BRO) officials of India and an Afghan driver were killed.
The authorities said that two of those arrested were local shopkeepers, while the third belonged to Kandahar.
Meanwhile, Defence Minister A.K Antony had a discussion with his Afghan counter part Abdul Rahim Wardak on the escalating terror attacks.
Antony had strongly condemned the attack and asserted that India would "not succumb to pressures" from the Taliban in its endeavor to work for reconstruction of Afghanistan.
"The Center is keenly watching the development. Recently there have been several incidents and this is continuation of that. We did not expect this. The roadwork is almost complete," Antony had said.
A Taliban spokesman called up news agencies in Afghanistan and said that the militia first detonated two mines and then a suicide bomber blew him up.
Nearly 400 BRO personnel are engaged in construction of a crucial 218-km highway between Zaranj and Delaram in Afghanistan as part of India's assistance programme for reconstruction of the war-torn country.
Meanwhile, family of M.P Singh, one of the engineers killed in the Saturday suicide blast in Afghanistan, has urged the Indian authorities to bring back the body at the earliest.
On Saturday, the Indian Government had confirmed the death of two Indian Border Roads Organisation (BRO) engineers in the blast in southwest Afghanistan.
"We have not been able to gather any information about the whereabouts of the body," said Rajendra Pratap, M P Singh's elder brother.
M P Singh is survived by his wife, 14-year-old daughter and 12-year-old son.
A Taliban spokesman has called up a news agency in Afghanistan and said that the militia first detonated two mines and then a suicide bomber blew him up.
Nearly 400 BRO personnel are engaged in construction of a crucial 218-km highway between Zaranj and Delaram in Afghanistan as part of India's assistance programme for reconstruction of the war-torn country. (ANI)