Source: Al Jazeera English - CENTRAL/S. ASIA - Pakistan hands over DNA profiles
Interpol, the international police agency, says Pakistan has provided DNA profiles of suspected "terrorists" to assist with the investigation into last year's attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai.
The France-based agency said on Sunday that the information, which was received the previous day, would allow it to gauge "the full international dimension" of the November attacks which killed more than 170 people.
India has blamed Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistan-based group, for the co-ordinated series of attacks by 10 armed men at a number of locations across the city.
The only suspected attacker captured alive, Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, has told investigators that the assault was planned in neighbouring Pakistan and carried out by Pakistanis, Indian officials say.
He is due to appear in court on Monday for the opening of his trial.
Police in Pakistan have detained a number of people in connection with the attacks and banned a group suspected of having links to Lashkar-e-Taiba.
Ronald Noble, the Interpol secretary-general, said in a statement: "Pakistan's decision to send its DNA terrorist-related profiles to Interpol so that all member countries can compare their DNA profiles against them sets a benchmark for Interpol in terrorist-related investigations."
The Pakistan DNA profiles have been added to Interpol's database which contains almost 85,000 profiles and are available for international comparison by its 187 member countries.
In December, the agency said that New Delhi had still not shared its information on the attacks.
The attacks strained already poor relations between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.
"India has blamed non-state actors in Pakistan as well as official agencies," Al Jazeera's Zeina Khodr, reporting from Islamabad, said.
"It has repeatedly said that Islamabad is not doing anything, or at least not pursuing the investigation in a serious manner."
The handover of the DNA information came as the new head of the United States' Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) visited South Asia to discuss the fight against al-Qaeda and pro-Taliban fighters in the region.
Leon Panetta, who was sworn in as head of the CIA last month, held talks with Yousuf Raza Gilani, Pakistan's prime minister, and Asif Ali Zardari, the president, on Saturday after meeting Indian officials earlier in the week.
Source: Al Jazeera and agencies
Pakistan hands over DNA profiles
Interpol, the international police agency, says Pakistan has provided DNA profiles of suspected "terrorists" to assist with the investigation into last year's attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai.
The France-based agency said on Sunday that the information, which was received the previous day, would allow it to gauge "the full international dimension" of the November attacks which killed more than 170 people.
India has blamed Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistan-based group, for the co-ordinated series of attacks by 10 armed men at a number of locations across the city.
The only suspected attacker captured alive, Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, has told investigators that the assault was planned in neighbouring Pakistan and carried out by Pakistanis, Indian officials say.
He is due to appear in court on Monday for the opening of his trial.
Police in Pakistan have detained a number of people in connection with the attacks and banned a group suspected of having links to Lashkar-e-Taiba.
Ronald Noble, the Interpol secretary-general, said in a statement: "Pakistan's decision to send its DNA terrorist-related profiles to Interpol so that all member countries can compare their DNA profiles against them sets a benchmark for Interpol in terrorist-related investigations."
The Pakistan DNA profiles have been added to Interpol's database which contains almost 85,000 profiles and are available for international comparison by its 187 member countries.
In December, the agency said that New Delhi had still not shared its information on the attacks.
The attacks strained already poor relations between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.
"India has blamed non-state actors in Pakistan as well as official agencies," Al Jazeera's Zeina Khodr, reporting from Islamabad, said.
"It has repeatedly said that Islamabad is not doing anything, or at least not pursuing the investigation in a serious manner."
The handover of the DNA information came as the new head of the United States' Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) visited South Asia to discuss the fight against al-Qaeda and pro-Taliban fighters in the region.
Leon Panetta, who was sworn in as head of the CIA last month, held talks with Yousuf Raza Gilani, Pakistan's prime minister, and Asif Ali Zardari, the president, on Saturday after meeting Indian officials earlier in the week.
Source: Al Jazeera and agencies
