In Pictures | Pathankot terror attacks

Indian army soldiers take up position on the perimeter of an airforce base in Pathankot on January 4, 2016 - AFP

Indian army personnel sit in the rear of a truck at an airforce base in Pathankot on January 3, 2016, during an operation to sanitise the base following an attack by gunmen. The deadly assault on an Indian air base near the Pakistan border was "a heinous" terrorist attack, the United States said, urging the two rivals to work together to hunt down those responsible -AFP

A chopper hovers over the Indian Air Force base that was attacked by militants in Pathankot, Punjab on Saturday - PTI 

Indian army soldiers take up position on the perimeter of an airforce base in Pathankot on January 3, 2016, during an operation to sanitise the base following an attack by gunmen. The deadly assault on an Indian air base near the Pakistan border was "a heinous" terrorist attack, the United States said, urging the two rivals to work together to hunt down those responsible - AFP

Indian residents set fire to an effigy on a road leading to an airforce base in Pathankot on January 2, 2016, during an ongoing attack on the base in the northern Indian state of Punjab by suspected militants. Suspected Islamist gunmen have staged a pre-dawn attack on a key Indian air base near the Pakistan border with two militants killed in a shootout, officials said, striking a blow to the neighbours fragile peace process - AFP

Indian security personnel check airforce employees at a road leading to an airforce base in Pathankot on January 3, 2016, during an operation to sanitise the base following an attack by gunmen -  AFP

Indian army soldiers take up position on the perimeter of the airforce base in Pathankot on January 3, 2016. A fresh gun battle erupted on January 3, at the Indian air force base attacked by suspected Islamic militants a day earlier with the loss of 11 lives, police said - AFP

Youth Congress activists staged protest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in Bhopal on Saturday after the terrorists attack at the Air Force base in Pathankot in Punjab - PTI

Army soldiers conduct a search operation in a forest area outside the Air Force Base in Pathankot on Sunday - PTI 

Indian bystanders look into an airforce base in Pathankot on January 3, 2016, during an operation to sanitise the base following an attack by gunmen - AFP

Anti Terrorist Front (AIATF), holding Indian flags and anti-terrorism placards, during a protest over the militant attack at Pathankot Air Force base, in Amritsar on Sunday - PTI

Family members and relatives mourn on the arrival of the mortal remains of thirty-four-year-old lieutenant colonel Niranjan Kumar, who died while defusing a grenade at the scene of a terror attack in Pathankot, at his residence in Bangalore on January 4, 2016 - AFP

Jawans pay tribute to Commando of Indian Air Force Gurusewak Singh at his native village Garnala in Ambala on Monday. Gurusewak Singh was killed in the terror attack in Pathankot - PTI

Bikers participate in Anti Terror rally in Howrah on Sunday to protest over the militant attack at Pathankot Air base in Amritsar -  PTI

The operation against militants holed up at Pathankot air base entered the third day - PTI