NEW DELHI: Stepping up its diplomatic offensive to isolate Pakistan+ globally fo

llowing the Uri terror attack+ , India on Tuesday said that it would not take pa
rt in the upcoming South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summ
it in Islamabad in November.
"In the prevailing circumstances, the government of India is unable to participa
te in the proposed SAARC summit in Islamabad," ministry of external affairs(MEA)
said in a statement on Tuesday.
"We also understand that some other SAARC states have also conveyed their reserv
ation about attending the summit in November 2016," the MEA said.
hank you Afganisthan for initiating the diplomatic fight shouldering India.
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We have to make sure that we bring the maximum number of countries and I am sure
most of the countries in South Asia are in line with what Afghanistan and India
think," Abdali said. He said the country spoiling regional stability should be
singled out.
"Definitely, we should single a country that spoils our unity and spoils regiona
l stability and peace and that stops integration and connectivity," he said. "Th
ere must be zero tolerance (towards terrorism). This is state-sponsored terroris
m. It is no more an issue of non-state actors.. Now, there is ample proof of thi
s as state-sponsored terrorism and, therefore, we
The episode opens with St. Ambrose Hospital chief of staff Charlotte King (KaDee
Strickland) hiding in a supply closet after being raped in her office. Alternat
ive-medicine specialist Dr. Pete Wilder (Tim Daly) finds and examines her, diagn
osing a broken wrist, eye socket and nose and a deep arm laceration, and admits
her to the hospital. King lies to Wilder, telling him that she was injured in a
mugging. Wilder calls the police; King attempts to contact her boyfriend, Dr. Co
oper Freedman (Paul Adelstein), but cannot reach him because he is out drinking
with Dr. Amelia Shepherd (Caterina Scorsone) and Dr. Sam Bennett (Taye Diggs). A
t the police station psychiatrist Sheldon Wallace (Brian Benben) interrogates Le
e McHenry (Nicholas Brendon), who was found with blood on his clothes. After nur
ses photograph King's injuries, Dr. Addison Montgomery (Kate Walsh) realizes tha
t King was raped and offers her a rape kit. During her pelvic examination, King
refuses the rape kit and tells Montgomery not to tell anyone else about the rape
. Freedman arrives with Shepherd and Bennett, and is surprised at the extent of
King's injuries. During the CT scan, King and Shepherd bond over their shared dr
ug addiction when King refuses pain medication. Shepherd admits drinking alcohol
again, and King offers to take her to Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. Shepherd s
utures King's wounds, which causes King great pain; Freedman feels powerless, un
able to protect her.
Interviewed by Wallace, McHenry admits being angry after discovering his girlfri
end's infidelity but denies that the blood on his clothing is hers. Montgomery t
ries to convince King to report her rape; King refuses, telling Montgomery that
she does not understand what it is like to be raped. Wilder uses alternative med
icine to help King deal with her pain. Psychiatrist Violet Turner (Amy Brenneman
) refuses to talk to King about the rape because of similarities to the fetal ab
duction she experienced a year earlier, and wonders if everyone in the practice
is cursed. Bennett wants to go home and rest, which angers Montgomery. King atte
mpts to compose a memorandum saying that she was attacked on the hospital ground
s, but Freedman suggests that another member of the staff do it for her; she sho
uts at Freedman when he calls her a victim. After the argument, Freedman goes to
King's office and weeps when he sees the aftermath of her assault. McHenry admi
ts raping a woman, assaulting Wallace before he is pulled away by the police. In
the ambulance bay, Bennett expresses his confusion about Montgomery's mood swin
gs and suspects that she is hiding something from him; Montgomery asks him to pr
omise never to leave her alone. After Freedman helps her dress, King says that s
he loves him and wants to go home. McHenry is held by the police for assaulting

a police officer during his arrest and Wallace during his interrogation, but det
ective Joe Price says that McHenry cannot be charged with rape until charges are
filed against him. The episode ends with King walking out of the hospital with
Freedman's help; flashbacks of the rape reveal that McHenry was the rapist.
Production[edit]
have to revisit our mechanisms. We have a global war on terror that must be revi
sited," Abdali said. India's decision to not attend the SAARC summit also rule
s out PM Narendra Modi's visit to Islamabad in November for the same.
The MEA also said that India has conveyed to current SAARC chair Nepal that incr
easing cross-border terrorist attacks in the region and growing interference in
internal affairs of member states by one country have created an environment tha
t is not conducive to successful holding of summit in Islamabad.
India said that it is committed to regional cooperation, connectivity and contac
ts but these can only go forward in an atmosphere free of terror.
Afghanistan+ has already voiced its interest in boycotting the SAARC meet.
On September 20, Afghanistan ambassador to India Shaida Mohammad Abdali had said
: "I am sure most South Asian countries are in line with what we think. Therefor
e, the effort should be comprehensive and we should single out a country that sp
oils our unity and regional peace."
"We have to draw a line between a country that sponsors terrorism and a country
that is an ally in the war against terrorism. This difference must be made and s
hould be made immediately," the Afghan envoy added.
NEW DELHI: India found support from Afghanistan in its diplomatic offensive agai
nst Pakistan on Tuesday. Afghan envoy to India Shaida Mohammad Abdali said that
countries in the region should come together to boycott the Saarc summit in Isla
mabad over the host nation's role in "destabilising" the neighbourhood.
In an interview to NDTV, Abdali said the terrorism being unleashed by Pakistan w
as lethal and systematic as also state-sponsored and called on neighbouring coun
tries to unite to end the violence. Asked if India, Afghanistan and Bangladesh s
hould join hands to boycott the Saarc summit in November, he said there should b
e a comprehensive effort to stamp out terror.
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Thank you Afganisthan for initiating the diplomatic fight shouldering India.
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We have to make sure that we bring the maximum number of countries and I am sure
most of the countries in South Asia are in line with what Afghanistan and India
think," Abdali said. He said the country spoiling regional stability should be
singled out.
"Definitely, we should single a country that spoils our unity and spoils regiona
l stability and peace and that stops integration and connectivity," he said. "Th
ere must be zero tolerance (towards terrorism). This is state-sponsored terroris
m. It is no more an issue of non-state actors.. Now, there is ample proof of thi
s as state-sponsored terrorism and, therefore, we
The episode opens with St. Ambrose Hospital chief of staff Charlotte King (KaDee
Strickland) hiding in a supply closet after being raped in her office. Alternat
ive-medicine specialist Dr. Pete Wilder (Tim Daly) finds and examines her, diagn
osing a broken wrist, eye socket and nose and a deep arm laceration, and admits
her to the hospital. King lies to Wilder, telling him that she was injured in a
mugging. Wilder calls the police; King attempts to contact her boyfriend, Dr. Co
oper Freedman (Paul Adelstein), but cannot reach him because he is out drinking
with Dr. Amelia Shepherd (Caterina Scorsone) and Dr. Sam Bennett (Taye Diggs). A
t the police station psychiatrist Sheldon Wallace (Brian Benben) interrogates Le
e McHenry (Nicholas Brendon), who was found with blood on his clothes. After nur
ses photograph King's injuries, Dr. Addison Montgomery (Kate Walsh) realizes tha
t King was raped and offers her a rape kit. During her pelvic examination, King
refuses the rape kit and tells Montgomery not to tell anyone else about the rape

. Freedman arrives with Shepherd and Bennett, and is surprised at the extent of
King's injuries. During the CT scan, King and Shepherd bond over their shared dr
ug addiction when King refuses pain medication. Shepherd admits drinking alcohol
again, and King offers to take her to Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. Shepherd s
utures King's wounds, which causes King great pain; Freedman feels powerless, un
able to protect her.
Interviewed by Wallace, McHenry admits being angry after discovering his girlfri
end's infidelity but denies that the blood on his clothing is hers. Montgomery t
ries to convince King to report her rape; King refuses, telling Montgomery that
she does not understand what it is like to be raped. Wilder uses alternative med
icine to help King deal with her pain. Psychiatrist Violet Turner (Amy Brenneman
) refuses to talk to King about the rape because of similarities to the fetal ab
duction she experienced a year earlier, and wonders if everyone in the practice
is cursed. Bennett wants to go home and rest, which angers Montgomery. King atte
mpts to compose a memorandum saying that she was attacked on the hospital ground
s, but Freedman suggests that another member of the staff do it for her; she sho
uts at Freedman when he calls her a victim. After the argument, Freedman goes to
King's office and weeps when he sees the aftermath of her assault. McHenry admi
ts raping a woman, assaulting Wallace before he is pulled away by the police. In
the ambulance bay, Bennett expresses his confusion about Montgomery's mood swin
gs and suspects that she is hiding something from him; Montgomery asks him to pr
omise never to leave her alone. After Freedman helps her dress, King says that s
he loves him and wants to go home. McHenry is held by the police for assaulting
a police officer during his arrest and Wallace during his interrogation, but det
ective Joe Price says that McHenry cannot be charged with rape until charges are
filed against him. The episode ends with King walking out of the hospital with
Freedman's help; flashbacks of the rape reveal that McHenry was the rapist.
Production[edit]The 43-minute episode[1] was written by Shonda Rhimes and direct
ed by Allison Liddi-Brown. Christal A. Khatib edited the music, and Gregory Van
Horn was its production designer. Johann Sebastian Bach's Prelude and Fugue in C
was played during the opening sequence.[2] Rhimes wrote the episode in collabor
ation with the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) to ensure that King
's recovery was presented as accurately as possible.[3][4] She later called it o
ne of her favorites from the series and said, "I feel like I changed as a writer
writing that episode."[5]
Approached by Rhimes about the concept, Strickland agreed to the storyline on th
e conditions that it would not be limited to a single episode and would signific
antly impact the character.[6] She liked the script, describing it as "humanizin
g the victims and just really creating a legitimate experience for the audience
in a way that you may not see on network television".[4] As well as communicatin
g with RAINN representatives, the actress visited the Rape Treatment Center at U
CLA Medical Center in Santa Monica and saw a young girl being admitted, which sh
aped her performance.[7] Strickland also researched reactions to sexual assault
by survivors, their friends and families.[8] The decision to portray King's resi
stance to reporting her rape was reached after consultation with the Rape Treatm
ent Center. Strickland defended the choice, calling it an essential aspect of Ki
ng's character development.[9] Most of the episode focused on King's psychologic
al response to the rape. According to Strickland,
"The nature of that kind of attack is so shocking to a person's system a lot of
times that how they respond in those first moments afterwards, it could go six w
ays to Sunday. For Charlotte, because of the type of person she is, very in cont
rol, very direct, very together, I think it really turns her world upside down,
and I think she doesn t really know how to even comprehend what has happened to he
r or how to process it."
?KaDee Strickland, Zap2It[10]

The actress described the filming of the rape as easier than the scenes depictin
g its aftermath, which she called "psychologically ... [and] ... physically hard
".[4] Strickland and Brendon agreed on a safeword when they filmed the rape, due
to its brutality.[4] The scene affected Strickland to the extent that she found
it difficult to act on the set on which the rape was shot.[6] The actress calle
d the filming process "intense" and "truthful", but "by no means is any of that
even comparable to anything that women and men have had experience with".[9] Bre
ndon was cast against type as McHenry, King's rapist, since he is primarily know
n for portraying the comedic Xander Harris in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Strickla
nd said that Brendon's character should not be interpreted as crazy, because per
petrators of rape are "people who are around us all the time"; she called Brendo
n's acceptance of the role "brave".[7]
According to Strickland, every character on the show was affected by King's rape
.[10] The episode explored Freedman's identity and response as the partner of a
rape victim,[6] with Adelstein identifying his character as "a conscious 21st-ce
ntury male" in his interactions with King.[11] According to Strickland, Montgome
ry's decision to use the rape kit on King without her knowledge would be a major
storyline in the future and Turner would become persistent in getting help for
King after learning about the rape since the characters had similar traumatic ex
periences.[9] A behind-the-scenes feature about the episode and others involving
King's rape, "An Inside Look: The Violation of Charlotte King", was included on
the fourth-season DVD and Blu-ray releases.[12]
Reception[edit]
Broadcast[edit]
"Did You Hear What Happened to Charlotte King?" was originally broadcast on Nove
mber 4, 2010 in the United States on the ABC network. The episode was viewed by
a total of 10.18 million people,[13] and had a 44 percent increase from the prev
ious episode "All in the Family",[14][15] which earned an average rating of 7.68
.[16] Although it was the fifth-highest-rated show that night (behind CBS's The
Big Bang Theory, $h*! My Dad Says, CSI and The Mentalist), its 3.9/11 Nielsen ra
ting topped the 10:00 Eastern time slot for the rating and share percentages of
the 18 49 demographic.[13] The episode was aired with a message encouraging viewer
discretion, due to its violence.[3] The following episode "What Happens Next" s
aw a decrease in ratings, and was viewed by a total of 8.21 million people.[17]
Critical response[edit]
A woman with long blond hair and wearing a tight-fitting dress stands next to a
table.
KaDee Strickland's performance was well-received by critics.
The critical response was largely positive, with a TV Guide writer ranking "Did
You Hear What Happened to Charlotte King?" one of 2010's top 25 television episo
des.[18] Alec Stern of The Michigan Daily cited the episode as an example of the
show's improved quality,[19] and The Futon Critic's Brian Ford Sullivan also in
cluded it in his list of 50 best episodes of 2010.[20] Strickland's performance
received an overwhelmingly positive response after the episode first aired. The
reviewer from TV Guide felt that Strickland's performance was worthy of an Emmy,
and that the first time Freedman saw King's injuries was "like we weren't even
watching TV anymore".[18] A TVLine post later listed Strickland as one of the Em
my Awards' 21 biggest snubs.[21] E! News' Kristin dos Santos also praised Strick
land's portrayal of King, writing that she deserved an Emmy nomination,[7] and W
inston Mize of SpoilerTV wrote that Strickland was "robbed. of. all. the. awards
".[22] TV Fanatic's Steve Marsi liked the episode, saying that its pacing and St
rickland's performance immersed the audience despite the difficult subject matte
r.[23]
The treatment of rape in the episode has been widely praised by television criti
cs. SpoilerTV's Winston Mize felt that it was one of Rhimes' best shows, and tha
t it avoided a preachy or excessively-dramatic take on rape.[22] JeromeWetzelTV

of Blogcritics found the episode "disturbing, intense, tragic, and moving", with
the rape handled delicately and responsibly.[24] E! News' Jennifer Arrow descri
bed the rape scene as "the most realistic depiction of rape in media history" an
d noted Brendon's casting as an evil character in contrast with his more light-h
earted performance as Harris in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.[25]
The depiction of King's rape and its aftermath was compared to similar storyline
s on other shows. Arrow called it part of the "rape-on-TV trend", linking King's
rape with those of Gemma Teller Morrow of FX's crime drama Sons of Anarchy and
Naomi Clark of the CW teen drama 90210. According to Arrow, all three characters
were "strong, no-nonsense ladies who generally dominate their environments" and
did not report their rape. She asked if each show's decision for the victim not
to report the rape was part of a larger cultural belief that "trusts in women w
ho keep their silence".[25] TV Fanatic's Steve Marsi called the episode reminisc
ent of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in its presentation of events in real t
ime and emphasis on character reactions.[23] The Michigan Daily's Alec Stern cal
led sexual assault "a crutch Shonda Rhimes has turned to in all three of her ser
ies", writing that the development of King's character was superior to the story
line of Mellie Grant's rape on the ABC drama Scandal.[19]
Awards and impact[edit]
The episode was cited at the 2011 Television Academy Honors for exemplifying "Te
levision with a Conscience". The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences praised t
he episode for "master[ing] the gut-wrenching crime of sexual assault". Private
Practice received the award in 2010 for its approach to physician-assisted suici
de in the second-season episode, "Nothing to Fear",[26] and a drama-series Women
's Image Network Award at the 13th annual WIN awards.[27] "Did You Hear What Hap
pened to Charlotte King?" was a finalist for the Sentinel for Health Award for P
rimetime Drama (Major Storyline) for its representation of rape,[28] losing to t
he Parenthood episode "Qualities and Difficulties" (which focused on Asperger sy
ndrome).[29] The show was nominated for the PRISM Award for Drama Series Multi-E
pisode Storyline (Mental Health) for "Did You Hear What Happened to Charlotte Ki
ng?" and the following episodes, "What Happens Next" and "Can't Find My Way Back
Home",[30] losing to the first two seasons of Parenthood.[31]
Rhimes and Strickland received a RAINN Hope Award in recognition of "their effor
ts in educating the public about sexual assault prevention".[15] Strickland said
that she considered submitting the episode, or the later episodes "Can't Find M
y Way Home" or "Blind Love," for consideration at the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards
,[8] but she did not receive a nomination.[32] The actress received the Female P
erformance in a Drama Series Multi-Episode Storyline award at the 2011 PRISM Awa
rds.[31] Rhimes received the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Dram
atic Series at the 2011 NAACP Awards for her work on the episode.[33]
After its broadcast, RAINN had a "500-percent increase in service requests"[6] (
which temporarily crashed its website).[34] Strickland participated in a public
service announcement to increase awareness of rape and sexual abuse,[6] and said
that she had received many emails from survivors of sexual assault.[7][9] After
her work on the episode, RAINN called the actress a "vocal advocate for using D
NA evidence in solving rape cases".[35]
have to revisit our mechanisms. We have a global war on terror that must be revi
sited," Abdali said.