“Two of the attackers are believed to be dead in the gunfight while the rest are holding out inside one of the buildings in the base”, he said.
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He supported Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s assertion that India wanted friendship with Pakistan, but would forcefully respond to any act of terrorism.
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National Security Guard (NSG) commandos, who had been rushed to Pathankot on Friday evening following apprehension of an attack, the IAF’s Garud commandos and army commandos led the counter-attack on Saturday against the terrorists, who are suspected to have crossed into India from Pakistan through the border, 30 km from Pathankot.
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A group of gunmen raided the Pathankot air force base in the northwestern state of Punjab.
“The fierce gunbattle claimed the lives of three securitymen, while five infiltrators were killed, with the terror strike coming days after Modi’s surprise stopover in Lahore in signs of thawing of relations with Pakistan”.
Police said they are trying to determine the origin of the attackers.
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar cut short his stay in Goa in the wake of the attack and returned to Delhi where he held a high level meeting which was attended by National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and three Service chiefs.
In July, gunmen staged a similar attack at a police station and a moving bus near Gurdaspur, a border town in India’s Punjab state.
The Indian establishment on Saturday exercised restraint and avoided making direct anti-Pakistan comments after the fidayeen attack at an Indian Air Force base in Pathankot in northern Punjab.
“As far as Pakistan is concerned, it is our neighbour. Talks will take place keeping terror as the key issue”, he said, adding that “Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made a beginning, now it is Pakistan’s turn to reciprocate”.
A report from Islamabad said that Pakistan has condemned the terror attack.
Omar Abdullah, former CM of Jammu & Kashmir, said in a tweet directly addressing the BJP about the futility of remaining aloof from talks with Pakistan.
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A man showing a bullet that fell in the market of Dhaki Chowk during an encounter between the security forces and terrorists at the Indian Air Force base in Pathankot on January 2.
