(8 Jul 2008) SHOTLIST
Kabul, Afghanistan
1. Security near Indian Embassy where blast happened
2. Various exteriors of damaged Indian embassy
Kabul, Afghanistan
3. Wide of Afghan presidential spokesman Humayun Hamidzada taking seat at news conference
4. Cutaway media
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Humayun Hamidzada, Afghan presidential spokesman:
"The sophistication of this attack and the kind of material that was used in it, and the specific targeting, everything has the hallmark of a particular intelligence agency that has conducted similar terrorist acts in Afghanistan. So, we have sufficient evidence to say that."
6. Cutaway reporter taking notes
7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Humayun Hamidzada, Afghan presidential spokesman:
"There is still an investigation continuing. There is (sic) forensic experts, there are other site examiners right now examining all the evidence to come with a conclusive answer. And we believe firmly that there is a particular intelligence agency behind it, I'm not going to name it any more, I think it's pretty obvious."
8. Wide of news conference
9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Humayun Hamidzada, Afghan presidential spokesman:
"This attack was against both India and Afghanistan, but it was not just against India and Afghanistan, this was against the international community. It was against the presence of the international community working towards the development and reconstruction of Afghanistan. The fact that India is a strong partner in the development of Afghanistan and they are contributing significantly in the economic development projects; they also represent the well wishes and the goodwill of the entire international community, so an attack on India is an attack on the entire international community and Afghanistan."
10. Cutaway cameraman
11. Wide of all leaving
New Delhi, India
12. Army personnel carrying coffin with body of Brigadier R.D. Mehta, one of the four Indian nationals killed in the suicide attack in Kabul
13. Various of procession
14. Wide of family and friends
15. Wide of body being placed on pyre for cremation
16. Mid of relatives
17. Wide of Indian Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor laying wreath
18. Close of flowers and military cap on coffin
19. Family paying last respects
20. Close of wreath on coffin
21. Mid of relatives
STORYLINE:
Afghan officials have evidence that foreigners were behind a massive suicide bombing against India's embassy in Kabul, President Hamid Karzai's spokesman said Tuesday, implying that Pakistan orchestrated the attack.
The spokesman, Humayun Hamidzada, did not name Pakistan's intelligence agency but told reporters it was "pretty obvious" who was behind Monday's bombing, which killed 41 people and wounded 150.
An Afghan security report released earlier Tuesday found that the bombing could not have succeeded without the support of foreign intelligence
agencies, another reference to Pakistan, India's archrival.
"The sophistication of this attack and the kind of material that was used, the specific targeting, everything has the hallmarks of a particular
agency that has conducted similar attacks inside Afghanistan. We have sufficient evidence to say that," Hamidzada said.
Among the blast's victims were four Indians working in the embassy, including the military attache and a diplomat.
Hamidzada said further that the attack was not only directed against India and Afghanistan, but also against the international community.
"It was against the presence of the international community working towards the development and reconstruction of Afghanistan," he said.
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