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India-Pakistan
Â'Pakistan agrees to hand over Baradar to Afghanistan'
2010-02-25
[The News (Pak) Top Stories] A top Taliban leader picked up in Pakistan as part of a recent crackdown on insurgents will be handed over to Afghanistan, an Afghan government official said on Wednesday.

"If Mulla Baradar has committed any crime inside Pakistan, he will be first tried in Pakistan."
Islamabad said, however, that it had received no formal request to turn him over and that he could be tried first in Pakistan. Mulla Abdul Ghani Baradar is one of at least three Afghan Taliban commanders, who have been captured in recent weeks in Pakistan

Pakistan has agreed to transfer Baradar to Afghan custody, according to Zemeri Bashary, a spokesman for Afghan Interior Minister Hanif Atmar, who was in Islamabad meeting with FBI and Pakistani officials. "Pakistan has agreed to hand Mulla Baradar over, but there is going to be consultations with judicial authorities," he said.

Interior Minister Rehman Malik said Islamabad was expecting a formal request from the Afghan government to hand over Baradar, but the ministry issued a statement saying that no transfer was imminent.

"Pakistan will make legal scrutiny and also investigate the criminal acts done by Mulla Baradar, including his illegal entry into Pakistan," the statement said. "If Mulla Baradar has committed any crime inside Pakistan, he will be first tried in Pakistan."
Posted by:Fred

#1  Bring out the gimp!
Posted by: ed   2010-02-25 01:10  

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