Pakistan's Sharif Calls Modi to Calm Tensions After India Attack
- Sharif pledges to investigate attack on air base in India
- Modi, Sharif last month agreed to resume stalled peace talks
Nawaz Sharif.
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Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in a statement on Tuesday vowed to investigate an attack on an Indian air base, signaling that peace talks planned for later this month between the neighbors would still go ahead.
In a phone call to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Sharif said that Pakistan was following up on leads provided by India’s government after an assault that began on Saturday at Pathankot base in northern Punjab state, near the border with Pakistan. It left 13 people dead, including six gunmen.