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| Pakistani Taliban call meeting in response to APC peace offer |
| 2013-02-15 |
| [Dawn] The Pak Taliban have called an 'important meeting' of its Shura (council) in response to the Awami National Party's All Parties Conference peace talks offer in Islamabad, a front man for the banned cut-thoat outfit said Thursday. "We have convened an important meeting of the shura tomorrow and will respond by 1 pm Friday, what we are going to do next," a front man for the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP) Ehsanullah Ehsan told Dawn.com speaking from Ehsan said the cut-thoat group would hold its meeting at More than 27 political parties and lawyer organizations participating in the APC had agreed to negotiate with those Talibs who were ready to accept the law and the Constitution of Pakistain. However, corruption finds a dozen alibis for its evil deeds... the cut-thoat group vowed to continue terror attacks until a peace deal is reached. "The attacks would continue until we go into a viable agreement...its not so that we should stop every thing before the achievement of our goals," he said. "We shall be continuing with more such attacks until the peace deal is finalised. Military attacks and peace talks are continuing on both sides, the security forces have also not stopped attacking the Taliban despite offering an olive branch." About the participation of the Jamaat-e-Ulema Islam (JUI-F) and Pakistain Moslem League -- Nawaz (PML-N) in the conference, Ehsan said: "The 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 independentbranch 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... has not participated but we shall respond tomorrow after the meeting." |
| Posted by:Fred |