Taliban threaten to target Indians to avenge Qasab's hanging

Ihsan further said Indian authorities should hand over Qasab's body to his family or to the Taliban. He warned the Taliban would "capture Indians" and "not return their bodies" if Qasab's body was not handed over.

25-year-old Kasab, who belonged to Pakistan's most populous province of Punjab, was executed in a Pune jail early Wednesday. His body was buried within the prison.

The Pakistan government reacted cautiously to the hanging, with the Foreign Office spokesman saying Islamabad was against all forms of terrorism and would cooperate with countries in the region to tackle the menace.

Qasab was the only surviving member of a 10-member team of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists who killed 166 people during a three-day rampage in Mumbai nearly four years ago.

Diplomatic sources said security measures at the Indian High Commission, which are already very extensive, had been further tightened after the Taliban threat. u00a0