The national security adviser made it clear that the Indira Gandhi Children's Hospital (IGCH), the only children's hospital in Afghanistan will not reopen till proper security measurers are put in place for the hospital's doctors.
Shiv Shankar Menon, the Indian national security adviser, while rounding up his meetings in Kabul stated that India will not cow down to terror threats and reduce its humanitarian mission in Afghanistan.
However, Menon made it clear that the Indira Gandhi Children's Hospital (IGCH), the only children's hospital in Afghanistan will not reopen till proper security measurers are put in place for the hospital's doctors. The medical missions in Herat, Kandahar, Jalalabad and Mazar-e-sharif will, however, continue with their work. With IGCH's temporary shut down, for the first time an Indian medical mission in Kabul has suspended its operations.
The decision was taken after terrorists killed one of the army doctors and injured several others in the hospital. The TV channel Al Jazeera showed clips of people in the hospital worried that their kids will now not get specialised treatment and free medicines that were being provided to them.
Menon also clarified that India would not scale down its rehabilitation work in war-ravaged Afghanistan. H added that the Indian government was planning to ensure additional security in places of work and areas where Indians live in Afghanistan. Plans are already afoot for better protection of living quarters. More units of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police or other paramilitary force will be flown in to secure the parameters of residential quarters.
The Indian government is concerned that more such targeted attacks on Indian nationals in Afghanistan are likely. Although Menon did not share what he was told about the investigations into the attack on the hospital’s doctors by Afghan agencies, the LeT continue to remain prime suspects.
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