| Leading tribes of South Waziristan Agency namely Mehsud and Barki Thursday asked the foreign elements and their harbourers in the agency to surrender themselves to the Qaumi Lashkar in order to hand them over to the Political authorities. The Government has assured that they would not be extradited to any other country. The suspected elements if refused to surrender themselves voluntarily, then the Qaumi Lashkar will take its action for their arrests. These views were expressed by the tribal chiefs of Mehsud and Barki tribes while addressing various tribal jirgas in Makeen, Ladha, Saam and Kani Garam areas of the agency. The tribal chiefs held Al-Qaeda responsible for the destruction of Afghanistan whereas the Wana operation launched due to differences between the concerned tribes. They said, Mehsud tribe will not allow any terrorist or foreign national to use their areas for carrying out subversive activities. They also expressed great resentment over the killing of naib tehsildars during custody by the captors and said, it never happened in the entire history of the tribal areas. |