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NWFP govt receives list of demands from Taliban
The NWFP government has received a list of demands from the local Taliban to end the ongoing tension and restore peace in the restive Swat Valley.According to sources in the government, negotiations between the Mullah Fazlullah-led Taliban and the NWFP government are scheduled to occur in a few days. They claimed that the intelligence agencies had forwarded the list of demands to the government. The sources said that the Taliban have demanded the imposition of Shariah law in Malakand division, an end of all cases against the Taliban and amnesty for the local Taliban of the region. The government is considering the demands to bring peace to the region, they added. The local Taliban are also in contact with defunct Tehreek Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Muhammadi (TNSM) chief Maulana Sufi Muhammad for peace and Shariah in the region. Sufi Muhammad has convened a shura meeting of TNSM on May 15 to deliberate on the peace process in the region. Meanwhile, top local Taliban commander Muhammad Ali Shah told Daily Times that he was ready to surrender. Posted by: Fred 2008-05-01 |
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