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| ISLAMABAD — Pakistani authorities have registered a case against “unknown persons” in connection with last month’s attack on an Indian air base in which seven Indian soldiers and all six attackers were killed, an Islamabad official said Friday. | |
| Shortly after the Jan. 2 attack, Indian investigators had claimed that phone intercepts suggested the gunmen had come from Pakistan. | |
| A senior official at Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said that registering the case may help pave the way for a resumption of talks between Pakistan and India, which were delayed by New Delhi at the time of the attack. | |
| A senior Pakistani investigator said the case against “unknown persons” was registered on complaint from a senior official from the country’s Ministry of Interior and that a joint investigation team comprising experts from civil and military spy agencies and police will quiz all those linked to attack in India. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to speak to the media. | |
| Rana Sanaullah, a provincial minister, told reporters in the eastern city of Lahore that the case was registered based on information provided by India. | Rana Sanaullah, a provincial minister, told reporters in the eastern city of Lahore that the case was registered based on information provided by India. |
| The announcement came weeks after Pakistan said it arrested “several individuals” from the outlawed Jaish-e-Mohammad militant group believed to be linked to the air base assault. Pakistan later took the group’s head, Maulana Masood Azhar, into custody for questioning. | |
| However, no single person, including Azhar, was identified by name in the complaint, the Islamabad official said. | |
| India has long accused Pakistan of turning a blind eye to militants who have staged cross-border attacks and battled Indian forces in the disputed Kashmir region, which is divided between the two countries and claimed by both in its entirety. | India has long accused Pakistan of turning a blind eye to militants who have staged cross-border attacks and battled Indian forces in the disputed Kashmir region, which is divided between the two countries and claimed by both in its entirety. |
| Pakistani officials insist that the January attack was aimed at derailing the Pakistan-India peace process. | |
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| Associated Press writer Asim Tanveer in Multan, Pakistan contributed to this report. | Associated Press writer Asim Tanveer in Multan, Pakistan contributed to this report. |
| Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. | Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. |