Pakistan’s interior minister has confirmed that 11 police officers who were taken hostage by Islamist radicals during violent anti-France demonstrations last weekend have been released but more talks are needed to resolve issues.
In a series of video messages published on Monday, Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad said that the “first round of talks concluded in a successful manner,” adding that the 11 police officers taken hostage had been released. Ahmad said that there would be further talks with the now-banned Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) group in order to resolve matters concerning their demand that the state boycotts France over blasphemous cartoons and a crackdown on Islam.
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