South and Central Asia

摘要

The 26-28 November 2008 terrorist attack in Mumbai jolted the Indian security establishment and raised tensions sharply with Pakistan. A total of 163 people (including 22 foreign nationals) were killed by ten terrorists. While nine of the terrorists also died, one of them, Ajmal Amir Kasab, a Pakistani national belonging to the Lashkar-e-Tayiba (LeT) terrorist organisation, was captured by Indian security forces and was put on trial in Mumbai in April 2009. India initially blamed 'elements in Pakistan' for the attack; Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stated in January 2009 that the attack had the 'support of some official agencies in Pakistan'. Subsequently, a senior Indian official accused Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) of complicity in the Mumbai attack.