| "Nope. Nope. Never happened." |
LAHORE: Baitullah Mehsud, a tribal militant leader in South Waziristan, has refuted an official statement that he asked the government for amnesty, the BBC reported on Friday. In a telephone interview with BBC's Urdu Service from an undisclosed location, Mr Mehsud he said he did not seek amnesty from the government but confessed to have engaged in a dialogue with the government through his tribe. He said he was facing bullets and bombs and his territory was being destroyed, "so why should I apologise," he asked. The tribal leader told the BBC he did not believe in fighting the Pakistan Army as it could benefit India or Afghanistan's Northern Alliance. "I will not insult my jihad by seeking amnesty from the government," the BBC quoted him as saying. |