North West Frontier Province Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Secretary General Zar Noor Khan Afridi on Thursday condemned the ongoing operation against Al Qaeda at Kalosha in South Waziristan Agency, terming it a cruel act on the part of the federal government. Mr Afridi said the federal government had launched an operation against the tribal people and surrounded the area. He said the security agencies were harassing the whole tribal nation. The JI leader said the federal government operation was unconstitutional and a violation of human rights. He said President General Pervez Musharraf’s government had sold the freedom of tribal people to United States Federal Bureau of Investigation. Mr Afridi said the government was forcing tribesmen to rebel and was misrepresenting Islam and Muslims by its deeds, which were not in the country’s interest.
| JI can be counted upon to issue similar statements every time there's an operation that targets al-Qaeda. Purely concern for the human rights of the locals, of course. It's not like they have any sympathy for al-Qaeda and international terrorism. No, no! Certainly not... |
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