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| Taliban dissociate themselves from Afghan peace move |
| 2015-06-26 |
| [DAWN] The leadership of Afghan Taliban has disassociated itself from a process Pakistain has been facilitating to encourage the group's dialogue with the government of Afghanistan for peace and reconciliation. The myrmidon group's move has come as a setback for an interaction planned for this month. At the same time it has revealed a growing split within the Taliban ranks, which will make the task of reconciliation even more complex. "If something as such has happened or is planned for the future then it is mere personal interaction which can in no way ever represent the Islamic emirate," a statement emailed to journalists on Wednesday by Taliban front man Zabiullah Mujahid on behalf of what was described as "Leadership council of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan" said. The statement did not directly refer to a statement of Adviser on Foreign Affairs and National Security Sartaj Aziz ...Adviser to Pak Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on National Security and Foreign Affairs, who believes in goodjihadis and badjihadis as a matter of national policy... before the National Assembly's Foreign Affairs Committee earlier this week, but the mention of "something happening in past or planned for future" left no doubt that the myrmidon group was responding to him. Mr Aziz told the committee that Pakistain had facilitated last month a meeting of Afghan High Peace Council Secretary Masoom Stanekzai with Taliban representatives in the Chinese city of Urumqi and another meeting was planned this month. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 they'd rather conquer than join |
| Posted by: Frank G 2015-06-26 07:28 |