Tensions between India and Pakistan escalated last night after it was claimed that the only terrorist to have survived three days of deadly battles in Mumbai was from Pakistan, and that his nine fellow Islamist militants were either from that country or had been trained there.
The claims about responsibility for the attack, in which almost 200 people were killed, came from leaked police accounts that gave details of the interrogation of Azam Amir Kasab, 21, said to have been the man pictured at Mumbai’s main train station carrying an …

Indian commandos have killed the last Islamist gunmen barricaded in Mumbai’s Taj Mahal hotel, ending a three-day battle that has left at least 195 people dead and wrecked landmarks across the city.
Heavy gunfire was heard and flames leapt from the windows of the historic waterfront hotel as troops from India’s crack Black Cats unit engaged in a running battle with the remaining terrorists through rooms and corridors this morning.

MUMBAI, India — Death hung over Mumbai on Saturday. Bodies were extracted from the ruins of the Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel in the hours after the standoff with militants there ended on Saturday in a gunfight and fire. At the main city hospital morgue, relatives came, clutching one another in grief, to identify their dead. By midafternoon, the morgue was running out of body bags, and by evening the death toll had risen to at least 172. Funerals, among them ceremonies for two policemen and a lawyer, …

Members of the anti-terrorist squad take positions outside the Chhatrapati Shivaji railroad station following a rumor of a terrorist attack in Mumbai, India, Friday, Nov. 28, 2008. Commandos rappelling from helicopters stormed a besieged Jewish center Friday and scoured two landmark luxury hotels to rush survivors to safety and flush out gunmen, two days after a chain of militant attacks across India’s financial center left people dead and the city in panic.

An Indian paramilitary soldier lies on ground as he aims at Taj Mahal Hotel where suspected militants are holed up during an assault in Mumbai, India, Friday, Nov. 28, 2008. Explosions and gunfire continued intermittently at the Taj Mahal hotel Friday afternoon,two days after a chain of militant attacks across India’s financial center left people dead and the city in panic.

National Security Guard commandos are seen during their operation against alleged terrorists holed inside Nariman House, the headquarters of the ultra-orthodox Jewish outreach group Chabad Lubavitch, in Colaba, Mumbai, India, Friday, Nov. 28, 2008. Explosions and gunfire continued intermittently at the Taj Mahal hotel Friday afternoon, two days after a chain of militant attacks across India’s financial center left people dead and the city in panic.

Hostage are escorted by officials after being rescued from Oberoi Trident Hotel in Mumbai, India, Friday, Nov. 28, 2008. Explosions and gunfire continued intermittently at the Taj Mahal hotel Friday afternoon,two days after a chain of militant attacks across India’s financial center left people dead and the city in panic.

Members of a civil society stage a candlelight march to remember those who died in the Mumbai terrorist strike in New Delhi, India, Friday, Nov. 28, 2008. Indian commandos emerged from a besieged Jewish center with rifles raised in an apparent sign of victory after a daylong siege that saw a team rappel from helicopters and a series of explosions and fire rock the building and blow gaping holes in the wall. The fighting comes two days after a chain of militant attacks across India’s financial center that began …

An Indian paramilitary trooper takes position outside Taj Hotel as India’s historic Gateway of India is seen in the background Mumbai November 28, 2008. A chief of an Indian commando unit flushing out militants at the hotel said on Friday that he saw 12 to 15 bodies in one room.

An Indian soldiers aims at Taj Mahal Hotel where suspected militants are holed up during an assault in Mumbai, India, Friday, Nov. 28, 2008. Explosions and gunfire continued intermittently at the Taj Mahal Hotel Friday afternoon,two days after a chain of militant attacks across India’s financial center left people dead and the city in panic.