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India-Pakistan
Military intends to back Qaeda candidates: AHRC
2013-05-02
[Pak Daily Times] There have been some developments during the past two weeks that reveal that in the coming election, elements of the Taliban and al Qaeda have been offered seats in the parliament, the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) said on Wednesday.

In a statement, the commission said that before the developments, the security agencies with the help of right-wing parties had also allowed 53 sectarian candidates to contest the election without passing through the sword of articles 62 and 63 of the constitution, which debar any candidate known to be involved in cases of sectarian violence, hate campaigns or having been charged with murder and killings through sectarian violence.

It said that the military officials remained busy in Bajaur Agency, aka Turban Central
...Smallest of the agencies in FATA. The Agency administration is located in Khar. Bajaur is inhabited almost exclusively by Tarkani Pashtuns, which are divided into multiple bickering subtribes. Its 52 km border border with Afghanistan's Kunar Province makes it of strategic importance to Pakistain's strategic depth...
, Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA), close to the Afghan border, to make a deal with the agents of al Qaeda for the coming election. During the time of filing the nomination papers, the military commander of Bajaur Agency, Brigadier Ghulam Haider, held a meeting with the local leadership of Jamaat-e-Islami
...The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independent branch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores...
(JI), who, in the past, had direct links with Islamic fascisti of al Qaeda. There are two National Assembly seats from Bajaur Agency, which were assured to the JI. In return, the JI and other jihadi organizations will provide logistic support to those who want to join jihad in Afghanistan from the Pak side and extend 'melmastia', the traditional tribal hospitality, to mujahideen coming back from Afghanistan. The commission said that other points of agreement are: the JI will not oppose any operation in Bajaur but rather support them; the JI will not oppose but rather help in constructing the road that connects Afghanistan with Pakistain; and the arrangement will remain intact between the two parties until a favourable government in Afghanistan is installed.
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