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| Gunmen attack Indian air base near Pakistan border; 2 killed | |
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| NEW DELHI — Gunmen attacked a northern Indian air force base near the border with Pakistan and were exchanging fire with security forces on Saturday morning, officials said. | |
| At least two of the attackers were killed at the Pathankot air force base, about 430 kilometers (267 miles) north of New Delhi, said India’s Defense Ministry spokesman Nitin Wakankar. | |
| He said that the gunbattle was still ongoing. | |
| Pathankot is on the highway that connects India’s insurgency wracked Jammu and Kashmir state with the rest of the country. It’s also very close to India’s border with rival Pakistan. | |
| NDTV news station reported that the attack began at 3:30 a.m. when the gunmen entered the air base. | |
| Saturday’s attack comes just a week after India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi made an unannounced visit to Pakistan to meet Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. | |
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