NATO halts enemy attack in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan – NATO forces killed seven insurgents who tried to storm their way onto a base in eastern Afghanistan, the coalition said Wednesday.

NATO said the attack was carried out late Tuesday in the city of Jalalabad by insurgents firing assault rifles and rocket propelled grenades. A statement from the coalition added that NATO forces returned fire and called in an attack helicopter. It said there were no coalition casualties; there were no further details on the killed insurgents.

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India praises Afghan actions against its consulate employee abductors

NEW DELHI, India on Wednesday said it was happy at the way the Afghanistan authorities swung into action against the abductors of its local employee working in the Consulate General of India (CGI) office in Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province.

A spokesperson of India's External Affairs Ministry said the action was praiseworthy.

"We would like to express our deep gratitude and appreciation, to the Afghan authorities, especially Nangarhar governor Gul Agha Sherzai, the province police chief and the Ministry of Interior in Kabul, for the professionalism, seriousness and alacrity, with which they acted against the abductors,” he said in a statement.