Monday, June 1, 1998
Pak draws first blood, Indian attache assaulted
Adding another dimension to the escalating tension between India and Pakistan, an Indian High Commission official in Islamabad was beaten up yesterday morning purportedly by a security guard. The attache, B S Rawat, was on his way to a market this morning when, it is believed, a "private security guard" came up to him of his own accord and started beating him up. India has taken strong exception to the brutal attack. Foreign Secretary K Raghunath called on Ashraf Jahangir Qazi, Pakistan's High Commissioner to India and lodged a strong protest against the attack.
More than 3,000 feared dead in Afghan quake
At least 3,000 people were killed by the huge earthquake that rocked north-east Afghanstan and thousands more bodies are feared trapped under rubble, aid agencies said yesterday. Relief workers at Rostak in the quake zone said 3,000 people had already been buried following Saturday's tremor which measured around 7 on the Richter scale and flattened scores of villages.
Beyond The News -- American officialdom piqued at the great Indian `betrayal'
Two days after the Indian nuclear tests, a specialist in nuclear cooperation agreements called on Assistant Secretary of State Rick Inderfurth in a previously scheduled appointment and handed over some proposals for civilian nuclear cooperation. Still boiling from the news of the Indian tests, Inderfurth threw the papers aside, saying, "Maybe my successor can take a look at them...". This is just one incident that reflects the deep sense of betrayal Americans diplomats have felt at the Indian tests.
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