The security apparatus at the Indian consulate in Jalalabad, which is near the Pakistan border, had been beefed up and placed on high alert following intelligence inputs of a possible terror attack -- a major factor that led Afghan security personnel to stop the explosives-laden car when it attempted to enter the lane leading to the consulate Saturday.

Three terrorists had attempted to drive the car into the Indian consulate, but were stopped at the checkpost, whereupon two of the terrorists got off and began firing while the third, the driver, triggered the bomb-laden vehicle.