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At the same time, he, however, said the Pakistani government had no role in the attack Pakistan's former national security adviser Mahmud Ali Durrani today said the   26/11 Mumbai attack   was carried out by a terror group based in Pakistan and called it a "classic" example of cross-border terror. At the same time, he, however, said the Pakistani government had no role in the attack. Durrani was speaking at a conference on combating terrorism at the Institute of Defence Studies and Analysis. 26/11 Mumbai strike, carried out by a terror group based in Pakistan, was a classic trans-border terrorist event, he said.   Read more

Suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists from Pakistan today attacked an Air Force base here, killing two air personnel while four terrorists were killed in an operation that lasted more than five hours, an attack that comes just a week after Prime Minister Narendra Modi made an unscheduled visit to Lahore.  The air base is located near the border with Pakistan.  “The gunbattle between terrorists and security forces ended after more than five hours,” Punjab Police ADGP (Law and Order) H S Dhillon.  “However, the area was not sanitised yet and the combing operation continues,” he said.  At least four to five militants, believed to be from the  Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist group , in army uniform launched the attack at 3:30 a.m with an aim of destroying the air base, a top security official said. Security forces are on the look out for  a possible fifth terrorist so that no collateral damage is done, police said.  The terrorists, with huge q...