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| Taliban warn Afghan refugees against spying |
| 2008-03-15 |
| A top Taliban commander on Friday warned Afghan refugees against “spying” on militants for the Kabul regime or the US forces in Afghanistan, witnesses said. Maulvi Faqir Muhammad also produced five “Afghan spies” at a large gathering of refugees at Sui in Mamoond tehsil of Bajaur. All Afghan refugees living in Bajaur were summoned to the headquarters of the Taliban for the meeting, in the region overlooking Afghanistan’s Kunar province. “I am pardoning the five arrested (sic) Afghan spies, but if you do not live here peacefully, there will be no pardon in future,” Faqir Muhammad, who leads the Taliban in Bajaur, told the meeting in which reporters were also invited. Maulvi Faqir Muhammad told the refugees that they could not live in the area as “agents” of the Afghan government. “You can live here but only as peaceful Afghans and not as spies.” “No spying or involvement in bomb explosions will be tolerated and all Afghan refugees should take this warning seriously,” the Taliban commander was quoted as saying. It was the second meeting the Taliban leadership addressed in less than a week, underlining the growing influence of the militants in the region. Addressing a rally near Khar, Faqir Mohammad had said on Sunday that US President George W Bush was the “biggest enemy” of Pakistan. “As compared to Pakistani rulers, Osama bin Laden and Mullah Omar are the biggest well-wishers of Pakistan. They are not enemies of Pakistan,” the cleric had said. |
| Posted by:Fred |