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India-Pakistan
Tribal elders ask govt to target militants
2008-09-01
Tribal elders on Sunday urged the government to identify and target elements disturbing peace in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) instead of killing innocent civilians in military operations.

The demand was made during a meeting of elders from all the seven tribal agencies here on Sunday. Awami National Party (ANP) convened the meeting at its headquarters here. Through a unanimous resolution, the tribal elders asked their elected representatives in the Senate and the National Assembly to support the candidate of that party in the upcoming presidential elections, which will promise restoration of peace in the Tribal Areas.

Briefing media persons after the meeting, ANP leader Abdul Latif Afridi said there was no visible decrease in militancy as a result of military operations in FATA.
That's definitely not a surprise ...
He said hundreds of schools had been burnt in Swat and scores of innocent people, including political leaders, were killed. He said 30,000 army personnel had failed to protect public buildings and life and property of citizens.

Afridi said it was strange that the military was not targeting the sanctuaries of militants in Swat despite that the area people had pointed out the places from where they operated.
Really not strange at all ...
All this showed that the government agencies were involved in disturbing peace in Swat, he added.

Afridi said the wrong policies of the previous government had also contributed to disturbing the situation, and the present government should stop pursuing the same policies to ensure peace in NWFP. The meeting urged the Shias and Sunni in Kurram Agency to stop fighting. They also asked the government to open Kohat Tunnel because people of southern districts of NWFP were facing problems in reaching Peshawar.
Posted by:Fred

#1  "don't kill us!, pt 2"
Posted by: Frank G   2008-09-01 00:06  

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