Wazoo on Sunday evening after holding consultations with a shura of the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP) on their negotiations with the government.According to sources, Prof Muhammad Ibrahim, Maulana Yousaf Shah and Maulana Haseeb, who had arrived here from Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
on Saturday by a helicopter, held consultations with members of the TTP's political shura at an undisclosed place in Shawal area of South Waziristan.
The sources said the shura headed by Qari Shakeel had demanded withdrawal of troops from the tribal areas and release of prisoners. "We don't have complete details of the Taliban's demands, except these two," an official said.
After overnight stay in Miranshah
... headquarters of al-Qaeda in Pakistain and likely location of Ayman al-Zawahiri. The Haqqani network has established a
ministatein centered on the town with courts, tax offices and lots of madrassas...
, the negotiators will leave for Peshawar on Monday by a military helicopter.
The talks were held in a Taliban-controlled area.
Officials of the administration had been waiting at a checkpost since 10am to receive the Taliban's negotiators who had gone on Saturday to seek advice from the TTP leaders about the dialogue with the government. They stayed with the Taliban overnight.
A military helicopter was ready at a helipad to take the negotiators back to Peshawar.
Taliban had received them at a checkpost near Civil Colony from where they were driven to an unspecified place.
The Taliban have three councils -- political, supreme and Ulema's. The plan for negotiations will be discussed by all the three shuras and the final decision, the sources said, would be taken by Ulema.
Meanwhile,
...back at the buffalo wallow, Standing Buffalo drew a bead on his old enemy and squeezed the trigger...
Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan is reported to have telephoned the TTP negotiators' chief Maulana Samiul Haq
...the
Godfather of the Taliban,leader of his own faction of the JUI. Known as
Mullah Sandwichfor his habit of having two young boys at a time...
and asked him why his representatives' return had been delayed.
According to the sources, Maulana Sami informed the minister that the delegation had to frequently change its location because of drones hovering overhead.
The Maulana said that if the dialogue process was sabotaged from outside it would be tantamount to enmity towards Pakistain.
Local people said drones were continuously hovering over the region.