Indian Defence Minister admitted some gaps that led to the attack
“We want to see the government of Pakistan continue to press the fight against terrorists, all terrorists, and to meet their own expectations that they’re not going to discriminate among groups”.
Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday telephoned his counterpart Narendra Modi and expressed grief over Pathankot air base attack, TheNewsTribe.com reported. “The Pakistani Government, the Pakistani people very much understand the threat here”.
The Nation also said: “It is time that both countries turn the guns they have been pointing at each other towards the real enemy and act as one towards bringing stability to South Asia”.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the terror attack on the IAF base in Pathankot and encouraged leaders of India and Pakistan to build on recent high-level exchanges between the two nations to address all outstanding issues through dialogue.
Indian journalist was on Tuesday snubbed by United States Foreign Office (FO) spokesperson John Kirby while trying to get an anti-Pakistan statement from him.
India has urged Pakistan to take action against Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists based on its soil who targetted an Indian air base at Pathankot in Punjab, killing seven Indian security men since Jan 2.
The operation against the terrorists at the air base entered its fourth day today as security forces continue to carry out combing operations to smoke out any remaining terrorist.
Indian leadership has not levelled any allegation on Islamabad regarding the Pathankot airbase terror attack, Radio Pakistan quoted Asif as saying. More worrisome however is the fact that Pathankot is the fifth attack in the area since September 2013, despite fencing and patrolling.