At least four terrorists were killed following an attack on the Indian Air Force (IAF) base in Pathankot town of north Punjab early Saturday. Four calls were made in the intervening night of Friday and Saturday, three to terrorists’ Pakistan-based Jaish handlers and one to a family member of a fidayeen. “Yet by taking this bold step, the Indian and Pakistani prime ministers may have delivered much-needed good news to their countries and the world”, Fontaine said.
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With the obvious intention of destroying fighter jets and attack helicopters housed there, the group of terrorists in army fatigues attempted to storm the base which is barely 35 kms from the worldwide border with Pakistan but failed to go beyond the outer periphery.
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Party leader Sanjay Raut said, “If our Air base is attacked by terrorists from Pakistan, the responsibility is with Pakistan, but they (terrorists) get shelter there, they get support from across the border…”
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But as the year drew to a close, there was a dramatic thaw in the frosty relations, with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi stopping over at Lahore, on his way home from Afghanistan, to meet Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on the latter’s birthday.
According to sources, the terrorists had infiltrated into India three days ago from Bahawalpur in Pakistan.
Another line that was probably and possibly being projected by the Pakistan Army-ISI-JeM combine was that India, while maintaining a facade of going ahead with peace overtures, was actually only interested in finding an opportunity to hit out at Pakistan.
India voiced its concern over the proposal for a corridor which it said would pass through Pakistan-held Kashmir.
The handlers were heard asking the men why they “let off” the Superintendent of Police. “Strongly condemn the cowardly Pathankot attack and salute our fearless jawans who sacrificed their lives fighting for the nation”, Singh said.
Indian foreign policy experts have backed the PM’s gesture, as they are of the opinion that the Pathankot attack should not scuttle Modi’s peace move.
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“Building on the goodwill created during the recent high-level contacts between the two countries, Pakistan remains committed to partner with India…to completely eradicate the menace of terrorism afflicting our region”, Islamabad’s foreign ministry spokesman said. The raid resembled a terror attack in July 2015 on a police post in Gurdaspur that killed nine people.
