New Delhi, Aug 18 - In an oblique message to Pakistan, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Tuesday said that acts of terror will not deter India from the reconstruction of Afghanistan and paid homage to Indian diplomats killed in the attack on the Indian mission in Kabul last year.

'We are committed to fulfilling our pledges towards the reconstruction of Afghanistan and to cementing our traditional friendship with the Afghan people,' Krishna said.

'Acts of terrorism will not deter us, but will only strengthen our resolve to counter and bring to book those responsible,' Krishna said on the occasion of the launch of 'India's Foreign Relations - 2008 Documents'.

'Words cannot make good the loss felt by the family members, but the best that we in the Foreign Service establishment can do is to ensure that their sacrifice does not go in vain,' he said amidst scores of Indian diplomats who had gathered in an act of homage to two Indian diplomats and two ITBP personnel killed in the July 7, 2008, attack on the Indian mission in Kabul.

The book is dedicated to the memory of V. Venkateswara Rao and Brigadier R.D. Mehta, Indian diplomats who were killed in the terrorist attack.

Krishna presented a copy of the book to Malathi Rao, the widow of Venkateswara Rao.