Taliban release 30 Shah group men
Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan released 30 hostages belonging to rival militant outfit the Shah group following talks with a 10-member tribal jirga in Mohmand Agency, a private television channel reported on Wednesday. According to Aaj TV, the Taliban had abducted 80 militants on July 18, killing Shah group chief Shah Khalid and his deputy in a bloody clash in the Khunazai area of the agency.
This was political discourse, Pakistain tribal style. Both sides were nominally a part of the same Tehreek. |
Posted by: Fred 2008-07-24 |