ISLAMABAD, March 9 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan confirmed Thursday that India has ended investigations against two Pakistani teenagers who were suspected of helping in an attack on an army camp in India-controlled Kashmir last September.
The attack which left 19 Indian soldiers dead was initially blamed on Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Muhammad but later Indian investigators said Lashkar-e-Taiba was behind the deadly attack.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Nafees Zakaria said in Islamabad that Indian officials have informed Pakistan that the Indian National Investigation Agency has ended investigations.
The spokesman told Geo television that it would be clear later on Thursday or Friday when the youth would be freed and handed over to Pakistan.
"Things are moving in right direction," Zakaria said, adding that the Pakistani diplomatic mission in New Delhi had "actively been involved to pursue the case."
Faisal Hussain Awan and Ahsan Khursheed, who belong to Pakistan-administered Kashmir, had mistakenly crossed the Line of Control (LoC) into India-controlled Kashmir on Sept. 21, just three days after the attack.
It was reportedly that the National Investigation Agency has not found evidence to indicate the two Pakistani youths were linked to the attack.
