NEW DELHI: India on Thursday accused Pakistan of not doing enough to punish the men who plotted the 2008 militant attacks on Mumbai, as the city prepared to mark the second anniversary of the bloodbath.

A senior Pakistan diplomat confirmed to AFP that an official diplomatic message was delivered to the embassy in New Delhi urging Pakistan to “fulfil its obligation and commitment” to bring the plotters to justice.

Ten gunmen launched coordinated attacks on luxury hotels, a railway station, cafe and Jewish cultural centre on the evening of November 26, 2008, starting a 60-hour siege that left 166 people dead.

Nine of the gunmen were killed, and the sole survivor has been sentenced to death in an Indian court.

The letter accused Islamabad of stalling over the trial in Pakistan of seven suspects accused of plotting the attacks.

“New Delhi expresses regret for not receiving feedback on issues raised by it,” the letter said.

The suspects on trial include the alleged mastermind of the attacks, Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, and Lashkar-i-Taiba (LT) operative Zarar Shah.

New Delhi and Washington have both blamed the Mumbai attacks on the LT.

WASHINGTON: The United States said Tuesday it was in talks with Pakistan about new military assistance as part of a partnership against extremism, in a step sure to trigger unease in India.
The United States and Pakistan on Wednesday open their latest “strategic dialogue,” an initiative by President Barack Obama's administration to show Pakistan's skeptical public it is ready to take up its concerns.
Frank Ruggiero, the US deputy special representative on Pakistan and Afghanistan, said the Pentagon and the Pakistani military have been talking about a framework for security assistance.
“We specifically worked with the Pakistanis over the summer to identify what would be the types of military equipment and so on,” Ruggiero told reporters.
“That will be a topic of discussion at the strategic dialogue.” The US Congress last year approved a five-year, 7.5 billion-dollar package for Pakistan aimed at building schools, infrastructure and democratic institutions in hopes of denting the appeal of extremists.
Pakistan's powerful military initially voiced misgivings, saying the aid came with too many conditions.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in March promised to work on a “multi-year security assistance package.”
Ruggiero said the United States considered its ties with India and Pakistan to be “distinct bilateral relationships.”
“The United States committed to a strategic dialogue with the government of Pakistan, a strategic partnership, and we also have a strategic relationship with the government of India,” he said.

WASHINGTON: The United States acknowledged Monday that a wife of a key figure in the 2008 Mumbai attacks raised concerns about him months before the plot was carried out, but said the information was not specific.US State Department spokesman Philip Crowley added that the information about David Coleman Headley was forwarded to US government agencies and to the Indian authorities before the attacks that killed 166 people in November 2008.Crowley, asked about a report Saturday in The New York Times, said US officials had two meetings with one of "Headley's spouses in late 2007 and early 2008."She provided "some information. We followed up on that information and provided it to relevant agencies across the US government," he said."Did we share information with our security partners, including India, prior to the Mumbai attacks? The answer is yes," Crowley added."At the same time, the information was not specific," he said.If the US government had had specific information, it "would have absolutely provided it to the Indian government beforehand," he said."The fact is that while we had information and concerns, it did not detail a time or place of the attack," Crowley added.When asked why Headley was not arrested after the meetings, Crowley replied: "I can't answer that question."A senior US official said Headley's wife gave the information to the US embassy in Pakistan in December 2007, and that US officials asked for and obtained a second and last meeting with her in January 2008."She expressed concern about individuals that her husband was hanging around with," the senior US official told reporters on the condition of anonymity."She did say that she had concerns that they were involved in a terrorist plot. She had no details about who he was associated with or what they might be contemplating," the official added.Headley, the son of a former Pakistani diplomat and a white American woman, is being held in the United States.He confessed to plotting the Mumbai attacks and in exchange for pleading guilty, US prosecutors agreed he would not face extradition to India or the death penalty.The Washington Post reported Friday that another wife of Headley warned FBI agents in August 2005 that her husband had undergone intensive training with Lashkar-e-Taiba and was in contact with extremists.