Taliban talks offer not sincere, says Afrasiab
PESHAWAR: Taliban’s talks offer is not sincere and the provincial government is faced with rebellion in some districts, Awami National Party NWFP President Afrasiab Khattak said on Tuesday.
He was talking to the media at Frontier House after a ceremony arranged by the Peace Foundation to award financial assistance to the heirs of those killed in different incidents of terrorism in the province. He said that militants from 40 countries had entered Afghanistan at the start of the Afghan war, and that same militants had now turned the Tribal Areas into a battlefield.
He said the Taliban had destroyed a large number of schools, particularly in Swat, depriving 300,000 children of education. He said the Taliban had held tribal people hostage, which was the reason why a large number of people had been killed in North Waziristan. He said the coalition government signed peace agreements soon after it came to power and still stood by them. But the Taliban have adopted the path of terrorism instead of honouring the peace accords, he added. zakir hassnain
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