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At least 1 gunman still remains at Indian air force base
Maj. Gen. Dushyant Singh, from India’s elite National Security Guard, told reporters Monday that search operations at the Pathankot air force base will continue until all areas have been completely secured. At least one attacker remains and operations to comb and secure the base continue.
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Mopping operations were in progress on the third day after the base was attacked by terrorists on Saturday morning. “The way our security forces took prompt action prevented in major assets being destroyed” the FM said briefing the media here.
“The army commander paid homage to the gallant martyrs by laying a wreath and conveyed his condolences to the families of the martyred soldiers”.
The attack on the Pathankot air force base in Punjab, a rare targeting of an Indian military installation outside the disputed northern region of Kashmir, threatens to undermine a tentative thaw in relations with Pakistan.
“The terrorists were confined and four bodies are in possession of the security forces”, Jaitley said.
Indian security officials have given conflicting accounts on whether the attackers at the Pathankot air base were still active after Home Minister Rajnath Singh declared on Saturday evening that they had been “neutralised”. He said they were engaged by Indian troops and were kept away from the base’s aircraft and military equipment. On Sunday, officials said the terrorists had been prevented from reaching their main target, which was the technical area of the airport, reported The Indian Express. The NIA registered the case under various sections of Indian Penal Code, Unlawful Activities Prevention Act and Arms Act against unknown persons, official sources said. It houses a fleet of India’s Russian-origin MiG-21 fighters and Mi-25 and Mi-35 attack helicopters, along with other military hardware.
The air force base is on the highway that connects India’s insurgency-plagued Jammu and Kashmir state with the rest of the country.
The two also held an unscheduled meeting at the Paris climate change talks last month. India’s Foreign Secretary Jaishankar is scheduled to travel to Islamabad on January 14 to hold discussions with his Pakistani counterpart Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry to chalk out a roadmap to carry forward the engagement under the newly-announced ‘Bilateral Comprehensive Dialogue’.
The United Jehad Council (UJC), an umbrella grouping of Kashmiri militant groups based in Pakistan, on Monday claimed responsibility for the attack. Rebels in India’s portion of Kashmir have been fighting since 1989 for independence or merger with Pakistan.
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The responses to the attacks from both countries have been muted so far, with neither New Delhi nor Islamabad giving any indication that the planned talks are under any threat.