INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
WASHINGTON: The United States on Thursday lauded Pakistan's decision to free a captured Indian Air Force pilot whose fighter jet had been
shot down a day earlier by PAF over airspace violation.Lauding Prime Minister Imran's announcement, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said
that he spent a &good deal of time on the phone& with Pakistan and India to make degree "there was good information exchanged," encouraging
each country to defuse the tensions.Pompeo said: "I had good conversations (with leaders of Pakistan and India), and I am hopeful that we
can take down the tension there, so that both the countries can start to have conversations that don''t portend risk of escalation."Earlier
in the day, US President Donald Trump had addressed the tensions and traceed at "measure reasonably decent news" regarding Indian and
Pakistan and that the tensions were "going to be coming to an end".PM Imran Khan on Thursday announced to release captured Indian pilot Wing
Commander Abhinandan Varthaman on Friday as a peace gesture.The pilot was taken into custody by Pakistani forces after his jet was downed on
Wednesday.TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of the source
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