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Talks with Taliban in crucial stage
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Agreement signing any time; Fazlullah promises to abide by peace deal
PESHAWAR: Talks between the government and the Baitullah Mehsud-led Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have entered a crucial stage and the two sides could ink a peace deal any time, sources told The News on Friday. Also, some reports even said that an agreement was already been signed between the government and Mehsud on Friday in North Waziristan tribal agency.
The sources said a tribal Jirga, comprising pro-Taliban elders and clerics, had almost resolved the major issues between the two sides and was now trying to overcome a few other hurdles that had had led to a minor deadlock in the peace negotiations. The sources said the two sides had already exchanged some of their prisoners and the remaining could be swapped soon.
They said the government had so far released 80 militants, mostly belonging to rebel cleric Maulana Fazlullah, fighting the security forces in the picturesque Swat valley, while the release of 30-35 more militants was expected to take place any time in return for 40-45 security personnel and government functionaries.
Mansoor Dadullah, who was expelled from the movement by Taliban's supreme leader Mulla Mohammad Omar for violating his directives, was captured by the Pakistani security forces after a clash in Balochistan.
However, the sources said the government had now agreed to hand him and some other Pakistani and Afghan Taliban fighters over to the Jirga, negotiating between the government and the TTP.
"This and a few other impediments had delayed the long-awaited peace accord between the two sides, which now could take place any time," explained a senior Taliban commander, privy to the peace negotiations.
According the peace agreement, the militants pledged to renounce militancy and promised not to create any parallel administrative set-up. However, the militants would be allowed to resolve people's disputes according to the Islamic Shariah and tribal customs.
Similarly, they would remain peaceful and help the government restore its writ in the tribal regions, now controlled by the militants. Another important point of the proposed agreement, the sources said, was the government's pledge not to support the US and Nato forces in Afghanistan to target militants' hideouts and their positions inside Pakistan.
Similarly, the law enforcement agencies would neither arrest nor harass the militants after the peace agreement in case terrorist incidents occurred in the country. Despite several attempts, no government official could be approached for comments.
Talks with Taliban in crucial stage
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Agreement signing any time; Fazlullah promises to abide by peace deal
PESHAWAR: Talks between the government and the Baitullah Mehsud-led Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have entered a crucial stage and the two sides could ink a peace deal any time, sources told The News on Friday. Also, some reports even said that an agreement was already been signed between the government and Mehsud on Friday in North Waziristan tribal agency.
The sources said a tribal Jirga, comprising pro-Taliban elders and clerics, had almost resolved the major issues between the two sides and was now trying to overcome a few other hurdles that had had led to a minor deadlock in the peace negotiations. The sources said the two sides had already exchanged some of their prisoners and the remaining could be swapped soon.
They said the government had so far released 80 militants, mostly belonging to rebel cleric Maulana Fazlullah, fighting the security forces in the picturesque Swat valley, while the release of 30-35 more militants was expected to take place any time in return for 40-45 security personnel and government functionaries.
Mansoor Dadullah, who was expelled from the movement by Taliban's supreme leader Mulla Mohammad Omar for violating his directives, was captured by the Pakistani security forces after a clash in Balochistan.
However, the sources said the government had now agreed to hand him and some other Pakistani and Afghan Taliban fighters over to the Jirga, negotiating between the government and the TTP.
"This and a few other impediments had delayed the long-awaited peace accord between the two sides, which now could take place any time," explained a senior Taliban commander, privy to the peace negotiations.
According the peace agreement, the militants pledged to renounce militancy and promised not to create any parallel administrative set-up. However, the militants would be allowed to resolve people's disputes according to the Islamic Shariah and tribal customs.
Similarly, they would remain peaceful and help the government restore its writ in the tribal regions, now controlled by the militants. Another important point of the proposed agreement, the sources said, was the government's pledge not to support the US and Nato forces in Afghanistan to target militants' hideouts and their positions inside Pakistan.
Similarly, the law enforcement agencies would neither arrest nor harass the militants after the peace agreement in case terrorist incidents occurred in the country. Despite several attempts, no government official could be approached for comments.
