Narendra Modi has sought to further ratchet up international pressure on Pakistan by urging leaders from major developing nations to stand together against the “mothership of terrorism”. India calls Pakistan a 'terrorist state' as 17 soldiers die in Kashmir Read moreIn a barely concealed reference to Pakistan, the Indian prime minister accused his country’s neighbour of promoting terrorism. “Tragically the mothership of terrorism is a country in India’s neighbourhood,” Modi told a gathering in India of the heads of governments of the Brics countries – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Last month India successfully encouraged Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Bhutan to boycott the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation summit that was due to be hosted in Islamabad in November. This month China once again blocked Indian-led moves to include Masood Azhar, the head of a Pakistan based militant organisation, on the UN’s official terrorism sanctions list.

Source: The Guardian October 16, 2016 14:30 UTC