Indian Consulate Attacked in Afghanistan Friday May 23,2014

The Indian consulate in the Afghan city of Herat was attacked early Friday May 23,2014 by four gunmen who tried to enter the complex and later fired from neighbouring buildings.

Herat, which lies near Afghanistan's border with Iran, is considered one of the safest cities in the country

All four were killed in an operation that lasted almost 10 hours.

The assault began at 3.35 am, when the gunmen reportedly opened fire on the consulate from a nearby house with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades.

One of them was shot dead while he was trying to scale the wall of the consulate.

Two other attackers were reportedly surrounded by over 150 security personnel, including soldiers of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), and shot.

Nearly 10 hours later, the fourth man was also shot

"I condemn the attack on our consulate in Herat, Afghanistan," Narendra Modi tweeted.