Caught between international and nationalistic pressures, the Islamabad government has been reluctant to confirm Pakistani ties to the terrorist attack in India.
By Laura King
January 8, 2009
Reporting from Islamabad, Pakistan -- Breaking weeks of silence on a highly sensitive subject, Pakistani authorities acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that the lone surviving suspect in the Mumbai attacks is a Pakistani national.
Authorities here have been extremely reluctant to formally acknowledge Pakistani links to the shooting rampage in India's commercial and entertainment hub, even though Indian officials had almost immediately identified the captured man, Ajmal Amir Kasab, as a Pakistani.
Pakistan acknowledges suspect in Mumbai attacks is a Pakistani
Eighth day and Poonch battle rages on
8 Jan 2009, 1052 hrs IST, IANS
JAMMU: The gunbattle between militants and security forces in a forested area of Jammu and Kashmir's mountainous Poonch district entered its eighth day on Thursday with soldiers continuing to fight weather and the tough terrain to eliminate the infiltrators.
The shootout in the forests of Mendhar area of Poonch erupted last Thursday after the Indian Army laid siege to the Pati Tar peak in the middle of a forest following a tip-off about the presence of a group of hardcore militants there.
Some top commanders of the Pakistan based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror outfits are believed to be hiding there.
Eighth day and Poonch battle rages on
Filling the submarine gap
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