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Pakistan says will help China fight Xinjiang militants
[DAWN] Pakistain will help China with its fight against turbans that Beijing says are active in its unruly far western region of Xinjiang, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf... said on Saturday during a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. China blames the East Turkestan Islamic Movement for carrying out attacks in Xinjiang, home to the Moslem Uighur people, though many foreign experts doubt the group's existence in a cohesive group. China, a major Pakistain ally in the region, has long urged Islamabad to weed out what it says are bully boyz from Xinjiang, who are holed up in a lawless tribal belt, home to a lethal mix of bad boy groups which include the Taliban and Al-Qaeda. Posted by: Fred 2014-11-09 |
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