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India-Pakistan
Tariq sees foreign patronage behind SWA terrorists
2009-10-22
[Geo News] Secretary Law and Order Fata Tariq Hayat Wednesday said the terrorists present in South Waziristan Agency (SWA) are flourishing on foreign aid and patronage.

Talking to Geo News here, he ruled out carrying out of large-scale terror activities, as are presently being witnessed in the country, by organizations running on public donations.

Tariq Hayat pointed to the presence of such foreigners in the organized militant outfits in SWA who are seditious even to their own homeland and they are funded with foreign aid. "Donation-run militant group cannot launch actions of such great propotions," he ruled out.

According to experts, the explosives used in Peshawar blasts were brought from abroad.

According to Secretary Law and Order Fata, the extremists present in SWA pose real threat to the stability of Pakistan; the government is bearding down upon them with a full-fledged crackdown.

The security forces sealed all of the major paths and passages leading out of SWA, he added.
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