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| India-Pakistan |
| Drive to arrest pro-Taliban refugees |
| 2006-09-04 |
| The Interior Ministry has launched a countrywide operation to arrest pro-Taliban Afghan refugees and hand them over to the Afghan government. Official sources told Daily Times that security agencies had so far arrested 100 pro-Taliban Afghan refugees from all over Pakistan and handed them over to Afghanistan. Intelligence reports indicated that these Afghans posed a security risk to Pakistan, the sources said. The Interior Ministry has directed the provincial governments to monitor Afghan refugees and take prompt action against those supporting militant activities. The sources said the security agencies were also trying to identify operatives of the former Taliban regime who were hiding in Pakistan as refugees. Afghanistan has accused Pakistan of harbouring Taliban operatives, but Pakistan has always denied this. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Afghanistan has accused Pakistan of harbouring Taliban operatives, but Pakistan has always denied this. Pakistan isn't "harbouring" them, they're training them. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-09-04 16:30 |