"The suicide attack(er) ... attempted (to go) through one of the embassy gates, " Vishnu Prakash, spokesman for India's external affairs ministry, told CNN on Thursday.

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In an effort to do that, he announced a pilot scheme - to be launched in two regions - in which all offenders leaving jail will be "met at the prison gates by providers in the Work Programme" who will make sure they go through a "tough process" to get into a job.

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"I don't believe that his rhetoric has been helpful, and I must tell you that when I was last there and visited Bagram, I got a briefing on the procedures that our pilots go through to try and avoid civilian casualties, " Gates said.

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