The Indian ambassador Manpreet Vohra's residence in Kabul was targetted today with a rocket-launched grenade. The grenade had burst in the tennis court, where it had landed. No one has been injured, sources said. The compound of the Indian embassy is separate and at a distance from "India House" -- the highly guarded residence of the ambassador.
The attack comes as the Kabul Peace Process Conference started today. The conference -- which was opened by President Ashraf Ghani -- is being attended by the leaders of 27 nations and representatives of international organisations.
On Wednesday last week, at least 150 people were killed in a suicide car bombing in Kabul's fortified diplomatic quarter, a few hundred metres from the Indian embassy.
It was the deadliest attack in the Afghan capital since the ouster of the Taliban in 2001.
The blast occurred when a sewage truck packed with what Mr Ghani called "military-grade" explosives detonated at the gates of the German embassy. All of those killed were Afghans.
The Afghanistan intelligence agency said the attack was carried out by the Haqqani Network under the direction of Pakistan's powerful Inter-Services Intelligence. Pakistan has denied the allegation.
Four more people died on Friday when hundreds of protesters incensed by the bombing clashed with police, which responded with live rounds fired in the air, tear gas and water cannon.
On Saturday, at least seven people were killed when suicide bombers tore through a row of mourners who were attending the funeral of one of the protesters, the son of an influential Afghan senator.
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