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The team visited Faridkot, Kasab's village in Okara district of Punjab province, on Wednesday and conducted inquiries, diplomatic and other sources said.
The sources rubbished reports in the media, particularly in some Pakistani TV channels, that the FBI team had found nothing that proved Kasab was a Pakistani national.
The FBI team was still in the process of conducting its inquiries and would take more time to come to conclusions, the sources said. They declined to give further details.
The team of investigators arrived in Islamabad on Tuesday to carry forward the FBI's probe into the Mumbai attacks, in which six American nationals were also killed. Some reports have suggested the team is led by FBI's director for South Asia William Robert, though this could not be independently confirmed.
FBI spokesman Richard Kolko, when contacted by the Dawn newspaper to comment on the reports of the team's visit to Faridkot, said: "The FBI continues to assist Indian authorities with their investigation. We will work with the Indian authorities and our partners to follow leads wherever they may take us."
Asked if the FBI team had visited Faridkot, Kolko said: "We are unable to provide details of what is being done. We refer you to Indian authorities or the US State Department for any additional information."
Earlier, FBI sleuths had concluded after questioning Kasab for nine hours in India that he was a Pakistani and that the Mumbai attacks were planned and coordinated by the Pakistan-based elements, including Lashkar-e-Toiba operations commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi.
Kasab's father has admitted in an interview to 'Dawn' that the gunman, whose pictures were beamed around the world by the media, was his son.
Other residents of Faridkot told Geo News channel that Iman had last visited the village about six months ago, when he told his mother he was going away for 'jehad'.
The FBI has registered a case regarding the Mumbai attacks as the US laws require the agency to file charges in case of the death or torture of any American national outside the country.
The Director of US National Intelligence, John Michael McConnell, too visited India to assist in the probe into the Mumbai attacks.
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Pakistan produce and export terrorism everyday and then shamelessly claim to be a victim of "self produced" terrorism to hide the realityPakistan's economic survival depends upon extracting money in name of fighting "home made" terrorism and then using the same money to produce more terrorists. surprised to know that a person could buy suicidal bomber in pakistan to settle a personal score ,as per news in "Dawn" the pakistani newspaper.Then pakistani leaders name these terrorists as "non state actors" and disown them while in reality they are being promoted and sponsored by "State Actors".
good if out any positive result in the case.
Pakistan is playing the game of DENIAL!! They know FULL WELL that ALL the terrorists came from Pakistan!! however, they are keeping a brave face
I think FBI has become an integral part of the Pakistan drama. It is like finding evidence of a murder at the crime scene one month after the murder. I think FBI/US government is trying to fool India while they are separately following their own vested agenda
I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE POINT, ALL THEY HAVE TO INVESTIGATE IF THERE IS ANY RDX IS GONE OUT OF USA, AND WHO SOLD IT AND TO WHOM, THEY HAVE EXTENSIVE REPORT. THE USA IS THE PARTNER IN THIS TERROR ATTACK, RATHER FBI FILLING CASE IN MUMBAI HIGH COURT ALL CASE MUST BE FILED IN US FEDERAL COURT INCLUDING THE 7-11 AATACK, BECAUSE THE REASON IS VERY SIMPLE THE PAKISTAN IS ALLIES OF USA. THIS REASON ENOUGH TO HOLD USA RESPOSIBLE FOR.RAJESH DHARIA
As the artcle says above, Pakistan thinks that, India cooked up a story about Kasab being a Pakistani. His father accepted the fact that, Kasab is his son. Now if Pakistan thinks that, the story is cooked up by India, what else can anyone say? Only a failed state can do such a thing, where they do not stand for their own citizen. It tells clearly, what type of country, Pakistan is. In 61 years of Independence, Pakistan followed only one goal of India-bashing, and nothing else. Pakistan is a coutry, whose contribution to the world in nothing, they did not produce a great writer, great scientist, great thinker, great statesman, great philanthropist, great of anything. So it is understandable that, for convenience sake, they will sacrifice their own citizen. Pakistan just does not understand that, these terrorists that, they are promoting, they will, one day, be a problem for Pakistan's own existence. They may cry, but nobody will hear it. So unfortunate to have a neighbor like this.