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2020-12-23 India-Pakistan
Mullah Baradar: Taliban Meets in Pakistan Over Peace Talks
[ToloNews] The Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
’s deputy leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar has said that all decisions about the grinding of the peace processor are being finalized in consultation with the Taliban’s leadership and the Taliban’s holy man council in Pakistain.

Baradar made the remarks while visiting maimed members of the Taliban in the Pakistain 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...
, saying that the Taliban’s leadership exists in Pakistain.

The Taliban have so far not commented about the place of Baradar’s meeting with maimed members of the group.

Meanwhile,
...back at the precinct house, Don Calamari's lawyer was getting even redder in the face...
sources close to the Taliban have said that during his trip to Pakistain, Baradar also met the Taliban senior military commanders and discussions were held about reducing violence.

Footage shared on social media purportedly shows that Baradar met with Taliban supporters in Karachi.

"Here, though, everything has passed us by, but we are compelled to come because there are not a few people here, our entire leadership is present here in this place (Pakistain)," said Baradar.

He continued: "When we conduct partial or general negotiations there (Doha), we share the whole process with the leaders and the Ulema council here. We receive back their guidance and act upon it."

REACTIONS IN AFGHANISTAN:
"They were already there, but now they have confessed it. For this reason the role of Pakistain has been critical in the process," said Haji Din Mohammad, the deputy head of the High Council of National Reconciliation.

"It is said that the Taliban has gone there to conduct consultations with their political and military leadership so that they can come up with a positive response to the pressure by the international community," said Faiz Mohammad Zaland, a university lecturer.

"Pakistain has not put any new pressure on the Taliban to accept the ceasefire or reduce violence," said Sami Yousufzai, a freelance journalist.

This comes days after the Afghan Minister of Interior Massoud Andarabi said that the Taliban’s Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistain's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire...
Council has ordered the Taliban fighters to increase their attacks on major cities and towns of Afghanistan.
Posted by trailing wife 2020-12-23 00:34|| || Front Page|| [14 views ]  Top
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