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Hafiz Gul Bahadur group extends ceasefire to June 20 |
2014-06-10 |
[DAWN] The North Wazristan Taliban Shura led by Hafiz Gul Bahadur ...a member of the Madda Khel clan of the Uthmanzai Waziris. Educated in a Deobandi madrassa located in Multan, he is affiliated with the Jamaat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) political party. Upon the formation of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in December 2007, he was announced as the group's overall naib amir under Baitullah Mehsud, who was based in South Wazoo, but has largely distanced himself from the TTP due to rivalries with the Mehsuds and disagreements about the TTP's attacks against the Pak state.. has extended the ceasefire till June 20 and also assured the government to carry out probe into the Boya checkpost suicide kaboom which left at least three FC soldiers and a child dead earlier on Monday. Ahmedullah Ahmedi, the front man of North Wazoo Taliban in a statement issued to the media said that after a meeting with the grand jirga of North Wazristan, the shura has decided to extend the ceasefire deadline by ten days. Following massive The front man also condemned the attack on Boya checkpost on Monday and said the Taliban Shura would probe into the incident and take action against the culprits. Ahmedi further said that the Taliban shura would have more sittings with the jirga during this period to resolve the issue. The statement came days after tribal elders from North Waziristan were asked by Governor Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... Sardar Mehtab Ahmed Khan and Corps Commander 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. Lt Gen Khalid Rabbani to oust foreign gunnies from their area. The jirga was led by Utmanzai Wazir and Dawar tribal elders -- the two main tribes that inhabit North Waziristan -- and Haji Sher Mohammad Khan, a descendent of the famous anti-colonial rebel Faqir of Ipi. |
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