Washington, Jan 1 : A US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) team has visited Faridkot in Paklistan is Pujab province the ancestral village of Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving terrorist arrested for his role in the Mumbai terror attacks.

The team, headed by the FBI's director William Robert, visited Faridkot to investigate Kasab''s link with Pakistan, the Dawn reports.

Refusing to comment on the report, FBI spokesman Richard Kolko said, "We are unable to provide details of what is being done."

Lahore, Jan. 1 : Pakistan's National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General (retired) Mahmud Ali Durrani has admitted that Pakistan does not have enough proof to rule out the possibility that Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone surviving terrorist involved in the November terror attacks on Mumbai, is not a Pakistani.

"Could be. I am not saying more than that because we don''t have... I hate to say this, we don''t have proof," The Daily Times quoted Durrani, telling a private television channel.

Lahore, Jan 1. : Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has told his coalition party leaders that no Pakistani involved in Mumbai terror attacks, would be handed over to India.

Zardari assured Awami National Party chief Asfandyar Wali Khan and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl chief Fazlur Rehman that anyone involved in the Mumbai attacks would be punished in Pakistan and not be extradited to India.

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India today set free 66 Pakistani prisoners which included 28 women and four children, as a New Year gift despite the tensions escalating between the two countries after the Mumbai terror attacks.

Of the 66, 51 were from the Rajasthan and Gujarat jails, 14 from Amritsar Central Jail and one from Tihar Jail, Delhi. High Commission official accompanied the prisoners to Pakistan.

Washington - US President George W Bush telephoned Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday in an attempt to ease tensions following the November terrorist attack in Mumbai.

Bush urged both sides to cooperate in fighting terrorism and called on Zardari to do the same in helping India investigate the November 26 attacks that left more than
170 people dead.