Kabul, Sept 03: Afghan authorities have detained seven people in connection with a grenade attack at the Indian consulate in Afghanistan's eastern city of Jalalabad, a senior police official said today. Seven suspects -- all of them Afghans -- were arrested when police stopped two trucks shortly after the Saturday bombing, Amir Khan Lewal, a Deputy Police Chief, told the media persons by satellite phone from Jalalabad, capital of eastern Nangarhar province.
The suspects hurled two explosive devices at the Indian consulate building, he said. One failed to explode but the other damaged a wall of the consulate and shattered windows. There were no injuries.

The seven have been brought to Kabul and jailed pending further investigation, Lewal said.

Past attacks targeting aid workers and UN agency offices in Jalalabad have been blamed on Taliban insurgents. Bureau Report