| Round up the dancing boys, lads, and tell the wimmin to commence a-cookin'! We got ourselves a hudna! |
...meaning the brow was mildly wrinkled, the eyebrows drawn slightly together, and a thoughtful expression assumed, not that anything was actually done or indeed that any thought was actually expended...
over a wave of deadly attacks in the country, agreeing that both bully boyz and security forces should refrain from actions which undermine ongoing peace efforts.
The Pak Taliban claimed credit for a kaboom that killed 12 coppers on a bus in the port city of Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
on Thursday, the latest in a series of near-daily attacks since the government called for peace talks with bully boyz to end their seven-year insurgency.
"Both the committees expressed deep grief and regret over anti-peace activities and declared that such incidents would have a negative impact on the peace efforts," a joint statement said after government and Taliban committees met on Friday.
"Referring to the recent incident in Karachi, the government committee adopted the stance that it would become difficult to continue the peace talks when anti-peace activities continue," it said.
"Therefore the Taliban must be asked to make an announcement that they are stopping all kinds of anti-peace activities and implementation of this announcement should be ensured," the statement quoted the government side as saying.
It said that the Taliban committee "agreed" to the demand and asked the government to also make an announcement that it will not take any action which would create unrest.
"For lasting peace no side should use force," the statement quoted the Taliban side as saying.
The chief of the Taliban committee, Maulana Samiul Haq
...the
Godfather of the Taliban,leader of his own faction of the JUI. Known as
Mullah Sandwichfor his habit of having two young boys at a time...
, has called for a session of religious leaders on Saturday to "take the holy mans into confidence" regarding the peace negotiations.
Pak troops have been fighting for years against homegrown forces of Evil in the tribal belt, which Washington considers the main hub of Taliban and al-Qaeda bully boyz plotting attacks on the West and in Afghanistan.
Nearly 7,000 people have been killed in the TTP insurgency since it began in 2007, according to an Agence La Belle France Presse tally.
The start of 2014 has seen a surge in turban violence with more than 130 people killed.
An air force bombardment of TTP hideouts in North Wazoo led many to believe a major military offensive was imminent until Prime Minister
Nawaz Sharif... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf...
announced the peace talks.
Stability in nuclear-armed Pakistain is seen as important to neighboring Afghanistan, where U.S.-led NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all....
troops are pulling out after more than a decade of war.
Washington has said it is watching the talks with the Taliban closely. It has long been pushing Pakistain to take action against bully boyz using Pakistain's tribal areas as a base to attack NATO forces across the border.