WAZIRISTAN WARNING FROM MULLAH OMAR

Taleban warn against peace pact violation

Islamabad • An aide to fugitive Taleban chief Mullah Mohammad Omar warned of “problems” in Pakistan’s North Waziristan region in case of a violation of a peace pact signed this month, a newspaper reported yesterday.

Pro-Taleban militants and the Pakistani government reached a peace deal on September 5 under which the militants agreed to stop attacks in the country and across the border in Afghanistan in return for a halt in government’s operations in the region.

“Violation of the terms of agreement in Waziristan would cause problems and destablise the area,” The News quoted Mullah Dadullah, Taleban’s feared field commander as saying.
Critics say Pakistan government has virtually caved in to the militants’ demands and the strategy risked creating a safe haven in North Waziristan for Taleban insurgents, who are fighting the government in Afghanistan, and their Al Qaeda allies.

Dadullah did not say whether Taleban would launch attacks in Afghanistan from Pakistani territory but said during a visit to Waziristan three month ago he tried to convince Pakistani Taleban that American troops and their allies be targetted instead of Pakistani troops.

“My argument was that we should fight the US, UK and armies of other Western countries.”
Dadullah, a one-legged veteran fighter who is also a member of 10-man Taleban leadership council, said the Taleban would launch major attacks in Afghanistan in spring.

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