A senior suspected Al Qaeda and Taliban supporter in North Waziristan has surrendered to the government, a senior administration official said on Saturday. Maulana Ajab Noor, a former resistance commander against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1980s, has pledged allegiance to the anti-terror war. The administration official in Miranshah said that Noor, along with hundreds of supporters, had surrendered to the political administration. âI and my comrades fully support the governmentâs policies against foreign elements and will remain loyal to the country,â Noor declared during the ceremony at a seminary in Khaisor, 10 kilometres south of Mir Ali, the town where top Al Qaeda commander Hamza Rabia and two other foreign militants were killed on December 1.
Senior administration officials attended the ceremony and praised the former resistance commanderâs support to the government. Noor, 55, assured the government that he will not shelter foreign terrorists linked to Al Qaeda and the Taliban, the official said. |