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| TIQ pledges support to Taliban in Waziristan |
| 2008-05-01 |
| Tehreek-e-Ittehad Qabail (TIQ), a tribal organisation in North Waziristan, on Wednesday extended its support to the Taliban, claiming that they have maintained peace in the troubled region. Addressing a press conference at the Peshawar Press Club, TIQ President Malik Syed Mian Gul alleged that the government was trying to create a rift between the Khasadars (tribal police) and the Taliban of North Waziristan. Gul, who is also the national councillor of North Waziristan, claimed that the political administration of the agency had not paid the salaries of Khasadars for 10 months. He alleged that the political administration was trying to force the Khasadars to take the law into their own hands, adding that this could disturb the peace established by the Taliban. Mian Gul said that the Taliban had restored peace in the agency and it might be disturbed due to the “unjust and inhuman attitude” of the political authorities. He demanded that the government release the salaries of the Khasadars at the earliest, saying that law and order would be difficult to restore if it deteriorated. The TIQ president also asked NWFP Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani to prevent the smuggling of commodities, including wheat and flour, from the Tribal Areas to Afghanistan. He alleged that the political administration was responsible and that if action were not taken, the government would be responsible for the peoples’ response. Transfer: Gul demanded the government reshuffle the political authorities, adding that if this action were not take, the TIQ would block the roads in the agency. However, he clarified that the organisation would not launch any attacks on army convoys, as the soldiers were “brothers”. |
| Posted by:Fred |