Body of slain Indian engineer sent home from Afghanistan

Body of slain Indian engineer sent home from Afghanistan

The body of an Indian telecommunications engineer who was killed in southern Afghanistan, purportedly by Taliban rebels, was sent home on Monday, an official said.

After a brief ceremony at Kabul international airport, about 10 Indian soldiers carried the coffin of K. Suryanarayana onto an Air India jet that then took off on a scheduled flight for New Delhi.

Senior Afghan government official had laid a floral wreath at the casket, which was draped in an Indian flag, reports the AP.

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