[1][2] The Indian embassy and consulates in Afghanistan had been targeted by militants repeatedly.

[11] Embassy was established in January 1950 as a result of Five-year Treaty of Friendship.

The treaty provided for establishment of diplomatic and consular posts in each other's territories.

[12][13] India had consulates in Herat, Kandahar, Jalalabad and Mazar-i-Sharif, all of which are associated with the Indian Embassy in Kabul.

[14] The 2008 Indian embassy bombing in Kabul was a suicide bomb terror attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan on 7 July 2008 at 8:30 AM local time.