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Nirupama Rao to meet Afghanistan Foreign Minister, President

Kabul, Oct 9 (ANI): Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao is expected to meet Afghanistan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta and President Hamid Karzai today to assess the situation arising out of Thursday's bomb blast outside the Indian embassy here, which claimed 17 lives and injured over 60.

The Foreign Secretary has visited the Indian embassy and seen the damage done to its premises by the suicide car bomber.

Earlier, Rao and India's Ambassador to Afghanistan Jayant Prasad had said the intensity of the blast was similar to the July 7, 2008.

Rao had also said that the suicide attack in Kabul was directed at the Indian embassy.

No embassy staff was killed in the attack, but three ITBP personnel deployed for security duties outside the embassy had received minor injuries.

India is taking this issue "very seriously" and will launch a thorough investigation of the event. (ANI)

Nirupama Rao appointed as the new Foreign Secretary

New Delhi, June 30 (ANI): India's Ambassador to China Nirupama Rao was named as the next Foreign Secretary of India on Tuesday.Rao succeeds Shivshankar Menon who will retire on Wednesday (July 31) having completing his eventful three-year stint as the top diplomat.Fifty eight-year-old Nirupama Rao, a 1973-batch Indian Foreign Service officer, who has served in a number of key positions, will be the second woman Foreign Secretary.....
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