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India-Pakistan
NWFP forms jirga to talk to militants
2007-07-17
The NWFP government formed a jirga on Monday to hold talks with “miscreants” in Malakand Division, after a double suicide attack on an army convoy in Mingora killed 13 soldiers and six civilians, Chief Minister Akram Durrani told a news conference. “The jirga of elected representatives, district administration officials and leaders of political parties will hold negotiations with the miscreants to find a solution,” the chief minister told reporters after several hours of talks with the 130-member jirga.
I think we all pretty much saw that one coming. I think Bill Roggio called it the day after Ghazi got croaked.
He said a military operation would be the last resort, but warned the “miscreants”, a reference to pro-Taliban militants, that attacks on security forces would be considered an “attack on the jirga”. Durrani said jirgas for each of the six districts in Malakand Division would also be formed. “Most participants of the jirga complained about the army’s arrival in Malakand,” the chief minister said. “I told the jirga members that the decision to send troops was taken at the National Security Council meeting.” Durrani made it clear that no military operation would be carried out unless district police officer sanctioned it.
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