Following the suspected Taliban attack on the Indian Embassy in Kabul yesterday, India rushed a high-level team there with an assertion that such "cowardly" acts of terror would not deter it from fulfilling its commitments to Afghanistan.

"We will do all that we can to help them bear their loss and grief. This is our pledge," said Singh.

The government reviewed the situation at a high-level meeting chaired by External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee attended by the Defence Minister A K Antony soon after it received the news of the attack.

A special team, headed by the secretary (west) in the Ministry of External Affairs, was rushed to Kabul to attend to the "emergency" situation and review the security for the mission and Indians in the conflict-torn country.

The team, which also includes senior officials of the MEA, Ministry of Home Affairs, will interact with the Afghan authorities to discuss measures that can be taken to insulate Indians from such attacks.

Members of the medical fraternity were also in the team to attend to the injured people and decide on their airlifting back home.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who is in Japan to attend the G-8 summit, condemned the attack and said he was horrified to know of the death of Indians in the attack. He offered his "deep condolences" to the injured and the bereaved.