KABUL - India's Ambassador to Kabul, Amar Sinha, who visited Mazar-e-Sharif on Tuesday, after a 25-hour siege on the Indian consulate, said that such attacks will not affect relations between the two countries but will instead strengthen ties between Afghanistan and India.

During his visit, the ambassador praised security forces for their efforts to eliminate the attackers and said that those responsible for the attack are opposed to the friendship between Afghanistan and India.

"I am sure the NDS and security forces will investigate and let us know but we more or less understand who the common enemy is. And we know that these are people who don't like India and Afghanistan's relations very much but they are making a mistake as these attacks only make us stronger," said Amar Sinha, the Indian ambassador.

After 25 hours of fighting three attackers were gunned down by security forces.

Earlier reports indicated there had been four attackers but officials said Tuesday there had been three.

The situation has since returned to normal in the area after families were evacuated from their home during the attack.

"People were really worried but now they are relieved are people are returning home," said Osman one of the residents.

"People are happy the insurgents were gunned down and that security forces killed the attackers," said Hassibullah another resident.

Mohammad Ali, a guard at the building where the attackers took cover, managed to escape on the night the attack started. He said: "I saw two people and they were talking in a language I did not understand I was in the basement when they went upstairs and then I run to the yard and escaped from the building."

The attackers were holed up on the 4th floor in the kitchen of the building and wrote messages in what appears to be blood on the wall. The messages were in Urdu and warned of suicide attacks and of revenge. (Tolonews)