Operation to flush out Indian air base attackers enters second night

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By Mukesh Gupta and Krista Mahr PATHANKOT, India/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian security forces battled into Sunday evening to secure an air base near the border with Pakistan, a day after a militant attack that has killed seven military personnel and wounded another 20. As night fell, it was unclear whether two or more militants were still at large after Saturday's pre-dawn raid on the Pathankot air base in northwestern Punjab state. "The area cannot be declared fully sanitized," Air Marshal Anil Khosla told a news briefing in New Delhi.




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