FBI gives Pakistan evidence relating to Mumbai attacks

INDIA said yesterday the FBI had presented strong evidence to Islamabad of Pakistani links to November’s militant attacks in Mumbai that killed 179 people.

India has blamed the assault on the Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), which was set up by Pakistani security agencies in the 1980s to fight Indian rule in the disputed Kashmir region, but was officially banned in 2002.

Pakistan has condemned the Mumbai attacks and denied any state role, blaming “non-state actors”.