The attack on the Indian consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif by undentified gunmen tonight was yet another strike at Indian diplomatic missions in strife-torn Afghanistan over the past few years.
The worst strike was a suicide bomb terror attack on the Indian embassy in capital Kabul on July 7, 2008, killing 58 people and injuring 141.
The suicide car bombing took place near the gates of the embassy during morning hours when officials enter the mission building.
On August 3, 2013, the Indian embassy in Jalalabad was attacked by three suicide bombers. The attack caused the deaths of nine Afghans with the majority of those killed being children.
The Indian consulate in Herat, Afghanistan was attacked on May 23, 2014 by four heavily-armed militants. All the attackers were killed during a lengthy gun battle, one by the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and three by the Afghan security forces.
The Afghan National Directorate of Security recently said troops arrested a suicide bomber, thwarting his plans to attack the Indian consulate in Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Kabul on December 25.
