( CNN ) -- Four gunmen attempted to attack the Indian consulate in Afghanistan 's western Herat province early Friday , a spokesman for the governor 's office said . A member of the Indian Tibetan Border Police ( ITBP ) , who was guarding the consulate in Herat City at the time , fired at the assailants as they attempted to barge into the building , said Deepak Kumar , a spokesman for the ITBP in New Delhi . The attackers were armed with machine guns and grenades , he said . A car bomb also exploded near the scene but caused no damage . The attackers were eventually surrounded by Afghan security forces as they approached the consulate , according to Herat governor 's spokesman Abdul Rauf Ahmadi . Two of the gunmen were killed , Ahmadi said . The consulate was not damaged and no one there was injured . The identity of the attackers or motive for the attack is not yet known . Meanwhile , India 's external affairs spokesman , Syed Akbaruddin , said in post on Twitter that New Delhi was in touch with Kabul and that Indian Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh was monitoring the situation . CNN 's Masoud Popalzai in Kabul and Harmeet Shah Singh in Delhi contributed to this report .
Four gunmen attack Indian consulate in Afghanistan 's Herat province . The attackers are killed by security forces after a three-hour gun battle with the attackers. The motive for the attack is not yet known .