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| Taliban in Swat Surrender? |
| 2009-09-13 |
| The Taliban has announced its surrender in Swat Valley, one of its major strongholds until a Pakistan Army offensive regained control earlier this summer. Its announcement, made on one of its pirate radio stations, came as its charismatic leader Maulana Fazlullah was reported to be surrounded by Pakistani troops, and there were claims that he had in fact already been arrested. Their collapse in Swat, if confirmed, will deal a serious blow to the Taliban's Pakistan leadership which has been in disarray since its leader Baitullah Mehsud was killed in an American drone attack in north Waziristan, close to the Afghan border, last month.... |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #3 I'll believe it when they show his picture in the morgue. This guy has been reported killed, captured or seriously wounded several times before. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2009-09-13 17:05 |
| #2 So they all head South to Waziristan and then declare "surrender". I know at least some of them had been evacuating the area over the past weeks as some had been caught in transit. |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2009-09-13 15:43 |
| #1 Maulana Fazlullah was reported to be surrounded by Pakistani troops, and there were claims that he had in fact already been arrested. "Off to the ISI safehouse in Quetta for youse! Don't worry, there's a comfy chair and you can have tea with Omar" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-09-13 14:48 |