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| MP Calls On Faithful To Join Taliban In Afghanistan | |
| 2006-05-30 | |
| Quetta, 30 May (AKI) - (by Syed Saleem Shahzad) - As brutal clashes continue between the US-led coalition forces and the Taliban in southern Afghanistan, across the border in neighbouring Pakistan, Maulana Noor Mohammed a respected Muslim scholar, leader of the hardline religious party, Jamiat-i-Ulema-i-Islam and member of Pakistan's national assembly has called on Muslims in Pakistan to actively support the Taliban militants in their fight against the American forces. In an exclusive interview, Noor Mohammed told Adnkronos International (AKI) that there was enough of an historical basis for Pakistan to rally such support for the Taliban. The Taliban movement appears to be resurgent in southern Afghanistan, carrying out fierce attacks on US-led coalition forces as well as on Afghan National Army positions. Some analysts believe that the hardline movement is once again in a position to regain power in Afghanistan, as long as it can secure the same level of support it received from neighbouring Pakistan in the mid-1990s, when the students from Pakistani Islamic seminaries flooded into Afghanistan to reinforce the Taliban. The US-led campaign in Afghanistan, compelled many pro-Taliban forces in Pakistan to remain neutral and not express their support for a long time. However ever since the Taliban began its spring offensive, many of its former patrons have defied this and started a heated debate on whether or not Pakistan should support the Taliban movement in 2006, arguing that the Muslims of the sub-continent have a long history of supporting Muslim movements, especially in Afghanistan.
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| Posted by:Steve |
| #3 Obviously we didn't hit hard enough the last time. Too accurate a hit. Perhaps Napalm would have been more appropriate? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2006-05-30 22:15 |
| #2 Maulana Noor obviously still fuming about that close encounter back in January. Better luck next time mate. PESHAWAR: 22 killed in Tank, Miranshah attacks. Military spokesman confirms killings of eight FC men; eight perish in alleged US attack on clericÂ’s house. As many as 22 persons, including nine personnel of the law-enforcement agencies, were killed and 20 others injured in air and ground attacks in North Waziristan Agency and Tank in the Frontier region early Saturday. Those killed in the Saidgai attack were identified as Bal Khan, his brother, two sons and mother, Salam Khan, his mother and a brother, while Maulana Noor Muhammad, Ali Jan, Muhammad Shafi, Shah Mehmud, Asadullah, Hazratullah and two women were among the injured. Two of the missing tribesmen have been identified as Gulabat Shah and Rehmat Khan, while the names of the two others could not be ascertained. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2006-05-30 16:12 |
| #1 This "reporter" is quite the propagandist. Something needs to slience this old turd "scholar". Pakistan is a nest of vipers and needs to be cleansed. It is and will continue to be a threat to stability in Afghanistan. The Tribals on both sides of the border need to join the current era or be removed from the gene pool. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2006-05-30 16:11 |