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| Taliban ‘Safe Zone’ Established In South |
| 2017-05-13 |
| [Tolo News] A ’safe zone’ has been established in the country’s south for those Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... who have and will lay down their arms and join the grinding of the peace processor, Kandahar Police Chief Gen. Abdul Raziq said. Raziq said the safe zone will help the Taliban from Kandahar, Helmand ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... , Uruzgan and Zabul provinces to live without worrying about their security after they quit violence and join peace. He added that a number of Taliban members, especially their commanders who have laid down their arms, as well as 10 Taliban Überstürmbannführers who have returned from Pakistain and have embraced a normal life, are living at the safe zone. The Kandahar police chief said they will continue their efforts to provide job opportunities for those Taliban members who have joined the grinding of the peace processor. "We have provided the environment for those Taliban who do not want to live under the control of Punjabis [Pakistain’s Punjab] and for those who return to their country and start a peaceful life in their districts and provinces, regardless of their status. We have established a safe zone for them and they can live there with their people," Raziq said. He stated that the safe zone is established for the Taliban fighters in the country’s south and the precondition for living at the zone is to cut off their ties with those Taliban who are still fighting against government forces. "Those Taliban who are in Kandahar, Helmand, Uruzgan and Zabul [provinces] and have ties with smugglers and gangs, should remove their relations with them and embrace a peaceful life. So far 10 key Taliban members have come here [at the safe zone] and have started a normal life," he added. |
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