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Swat Taliban to boycott today's peace talks
Swat-based Taliban have decided to boycott negotiations due on Friday with the Awami National Party-led NWFP government, Taliban leader Ali Bakht told Daily Times on Thursday. We will not attend any meeting with the government until our prisoners are released as agreed in the May 21 deal, Bakht said. A source in Peshawar told Daily Times that Swat Peace Committee and the NWFP government had invited Taliban for a jirga in Peshawar today (Friday) to iron out differences on the peace deal. However, Taliban have issued a deadline expiring on June 23 for the release of their prisoners and withdrawal of troops from Swat valley if the deal is to survive. According to the Taliban sources, under the agreement Taliban prisoners should have been freed 15 days after the deal. Posted by: Fred 2008-06-20 |
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