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Turkey’s Dogan news agency reported that one Norwegian and one Peruvian were also among the wounded, and Seoul’s Foreign Ministry told reporters via text message that a South Korean had a finger injury.
The Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has said Turkey is determined to battle Isis – which is being held responsible for the attack – until it no longer “remains a threat” to the country or the world.
Bawahalpur is said to be the hometown of Masood Azhar, the founder of the Jaish-e-Mohammed that India believes orchestrated the attack on the Pathankot airbase.
The day-long meeting, led by Pakistani and Afghan Foreign Ministry officials and USA and Chinese special envoys, broke up with a pledge to convene next Monday in Kabul.
Earlier, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al Jubeir said that his country would talk about taking further actions against Iran with its regional and global allies if it had to.
Earlier, a statement from the office of Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said, “Several individuals belonging to Jaish-e-Mohammed, have been apprehended”.
The Quadrilateral Coordination Group – comprising representatives from Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and the USA – is scheduled to meet in Kabul on January 18 “to hold discussions on a roadmap”, the statement added.
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK A white supremacist group said it has placed thousands of automated phone calls in Iowa urging voters to back billionaire Donald Trump’s bid for the Republican presidential nomination because “we don’t need Muslims”.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday chaired a high-level civil-military meeting in Islamabad to discuss the prevailing security situation in the country.
Amnesty International said Saudi Arabia engaged in “a horrendous execution spree” in 2015, when the number of people put to death was the highest for two decades, since 192 in 1995.