<p>An explosion took place today 400 metres away from the Indian Consulate in Afghanistan's Jalalabad city, two days after the country's mission was attacked by terrorists in Mazar-e-Sharif.<br /><br /></p>.<p>However, official sources in New Delhi said the reports suggested that the mission was not the target of the blast. Further details about the explosion were awaited, they said.<br /><br />"The Indian Consulate was not the target," a source said dismissing reports that the explosion was targeted at the Indian mission.<br /><br />"Pakistan Consul General's house in Jalalabad was closer to the blast site than the Indian mission which was 400 metres away," the source said.<br /><br />An intense 25-hour gun-battle between security forces and terrorists outside the Indian Consulate in Mazar-e-Sharif came to end last night with the killing of all the attackers who attempted to storm the Mission building.<br /><br />While three of the attackers were killed in the gunfight earlier, the remaining were neutralised by the night.<br /><br />A group of terrorists had attacked the Consulate on Sunday night with an aim of storming the building but their plan was thwarted by the security forces. <br /></p>
<p>An explosion took place today 400 metres away from the Indian Consulate in Afghanistan's Jalalabad city, two days after the country's mission was attacked by terrorists in Mazar-e-Sharif.<br /><br /></p>.<p>However, official sources in New Delhi said the reports suggested that the mission was not the target of the blast. Further details about the explosion were awaited, they said.<br /><br />"The Indian Consulate was not the target," a source said dismissing reports that the explosion was targeted at the Indian mission.<br /><br />"Pakistan Consul General's house in Jalalabad was closer to the blast site than the Indian mission which was 400 metres away," the source said.<br /><br />An intense 25-hour gun-battle between security forces and terrorists outside the Indian Consulate in Mazar-e-Sharif came to end last night with the killing of all the attackers who attempted to storm the Mission building.<br /><br />While three of the attackers were killed in the gunfight earlier, the remaining were neutralised by the night.<br /><br />A group of terrorists had attacked the Consulate on Sunday night with an aim of storming the building but their plan was thwarted by the security forces. <br /></p>