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Taliban now on highway
 Local Taliban forcibly removed cassette players and cassettes from vehicles and destroyed them at the Gambila Stop on the Indus Highway on Wednesday. Witnesses told Online that more than 12 armed local Taliban led by Qari Sarfraz forcibly stopped vehicles at Gambila Stop, located in front of the Gambila police station, and started removing cassette players and radios in the presence of a large number of people. Qari Sarfraz told the people present there that the local Taliban had taken control of the area between Sarai Noorung and Saria Gambila and Islamic teachings would be strictly implemented there. The people of this area will be forced to grow beards, witnesses quoted Sarfraz as saying. Separately, armed local Taliban and policemen had a heated argument when the Taliban stopped policemen deployed at the Kot Kashmir Adda from putting barricades on the road. Lakki Marwat District Police Officer Abdul Rashid Khan visited the area when he was informed about the incident and he discussed the situation with local tribal elders who assured their cooperation to the police. In Peshawar and other parts of the North West Frontier Province, which abuts the tribal areas, residents say that local Taliban have threatened English-language schools, warned schoolgirls to veil themselves, banned music and are telling men not to shave their beards. Posted by: Fred 2007-04-12 |
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