India urges Pakistan on air base attack
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged Pakistan to take action against militants India says are responsible for a recent attack on an air base.
He phoned his counterpart Nawaz Sharif and called for an "immediate" response to the assault on the Pathankot base.
Mr Sharif promised Pakistan would take "prompt and decisive action against the terrorists", Indian officials said.
Indian troops killed six militants after a four-day battle at the Pathankot air base in Punjab.
India's Press Information Bureau said Pakistan had provided "specific and actionable" information on the attack.
It started on Saturday, when a group of gunmen - wearing Indian army uniforms - entered the residential quarters on the base. Three days of heavy gunfire followed as India troops battled the gunmen.
India's Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday told journalists that "all six terrorists were neutralised". But he added that the combing operation was likely to continue for days before the air base could be declared completely safe.
Mr Parrikar said the troops took more than three days to "neutralise the militants" because the air base was huge.
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