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Shari’a Deal: Taliban And Govt. To Fight Against Indian Agents
After their Shari’a-for-peace deal, the government of Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province (NWFP) and the Taliban have decided to fight against the Indian intelligence agents in the tribal region of Pakistan, according to a report in the Urdu-language newspaper Roznama Jang.
According to the report, ‘‘The provincial administration and Maulana Sufi Muhammad will immediately take steps to clear the [NWFP’s] Malakand Division of RAW elements and criminals because the government has enough evidence of India’s involvement in the current lawlessness in Swat.’’
RAW, or Research and Analysis Wing, is India’s external intelligence agency. In the image above, a delegation of the Taliban militants of Maulana Sufi Muhammad attend a meeting in Peshawar on Monday where a Shari’a-for-peace deal was finalized and announced.
According to the report, Maulana Sufi Muhammad has agreed to re-open all schools in the Swat district, where the Taliban fighters led by his son-in-law Maulana Fazlullah had begun enforcing Islamic Shari’a recently by imposing a total ban on female education.
Maulana Sufi Muhammad will personally provide assistance in re-deployment of policemen in the Swat district, the report added. The Taliban fighters have recently taken over police stations and established Shari’a courts.
Source: Roznama Jang, Pakistan, February 17, 2009; Roznama Mashriq, Pakistan, February 17, 2009
Posted at: 2009-02-17
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