India has decided to send over 100 specially trained commandos to protect its mission in Yemen amid rising threats from terror groups including Al Qaeda in that country.
The deployment of Indian securitymen in the Middle Eastern country comes at a time when the government has ordered
"maximum security" for Indian Missions and other assets in Afghanistan in the wake of a heightened threat from Taliban
and other Pakistan-based terror groups which could carry out a wave of attacks, including car bomb blasts.
The Indian Embassy in Yemen and its Chancery are located in the southern part of the country at Sana.
The elite contingent, drawn from paramilitary force Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), will be deployed soon at the Embassy after necessary clearances from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), official sources said.
The personnel have been trained in VIP, mobile and static security duties and would also deliver technical support responsibilities, they said.
An assessment report on the present security situation in context of the Embassy and the deployment of the commandos has already