Gunfights near Indian consulate in Afghan city

Members of Afghan Quick Reaction Force (QRF) talk among themselves during an operation near the Indian consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan January 4, 2016. Afghan Special Forces prepared to clear insurgents barricaded in a house near the Indian consulate in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif on Monday after an overnight attack that coincided with an assault on an Indian air base near the border with Pakistan. (Photo: Reuters)
Members of Afghan Quick Reaction Force (QRF) talk among themselves during an operation near the Indian consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan January 4, 2016. Afghan Special Forces prepared to clear insurgents barricaded in a house near the Indian consulate in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif on Monday after an overnight attack that coincided with an assault on an Indian air base near the border with Pakistan. (Photo: Reuters)
Afghan National Army (ANA) personnel keep watch during an operation near the Indian consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan January 4, 2016. (Photo: Reuters)
Afghan National Army (ANA) personnel keep watch during an operation near the Indian consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan January 4, 2016. (Photo: Reuters)
Afghan security takes position during an operation near the Indian consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan January 4, 2016. (Photo: Reuters)
Afghan security takes position during an operation near the Indian consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan January 4, 2016. (Photo: Reuters)
In this photo taken on June 19, 2015, visitors walk in front of the empty site of two Buddha statues, which were destroyed by the Taliban, in Bamiyan. Bamiyan -- famous for empty hillside niches that once sheltered giant Buddha statues -- is a rare oasis of tranquillity. (Photo: AFP)
In this photo taken on June 19, 2015, visitors walk in front of the empty site of two Buddha statues, which were destroyed by the Taliban, in Bamiyan. Bamiyan -- famous for empty hillside niches that once sheltered giant Buddha statues -- is a rare oasis of tranquillity. (Photo: AFP)
An Afghan Quick Reaction Force (QRF) soldier fires a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) launcher during an operation near the Indian consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif on January 4, 2016. (Photo: AFP)
An Afghan Quick Reaction Force (QRF) soldier fires a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) launcher during an operation near the Indian consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif on January 4, 2016. (Photo: AFP)
Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers arrive for an operation near the Indian consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif on January 4, 2016. (Photo: AFP)
Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers arrive for an operation near the Indian consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif on January 4, 2016. (Photo: AFP)
Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers gather during an operation near the Indian consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif on January 4, 2016.  (Photo: AFP)
Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers gather during an operation near the Indian consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif on January 4, 2016. (Photo: AFP)

Published: Mon 4 Jan 2016, 4:15 PM

Last updated: Mon 4 Jan 2016, 6:24 PM

Afghan security personnel carry their wounded comrades during an operation near the Indian consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan January 4, 2016. (Photo: Reuters)
Afghan security personnel carry their wounded comrades during an operation near the Indian consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan January 4, 2016. (Photo: Reuters)

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