The Darra Adamkhel-based Taliban militants, affiliated with the Baitullah Mehsud-led banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), on March 19 agreed to a cease-fire in Darra Adamkhel and Frontier Region Kohat till March 30, according to The News. Sources said the elders of five major tribes of Darra Adamkhel, led by Noor Zaman Afridi, held a meeting with the militants’ chief, Tariq Afridi, in the Orakzai Agency in FATA and asked him to help restore peace in the region. Talking to a private FM radio channel in Darra Adamkhel, TTP Darra Adamkhel chief Tariq Afridi pledged to co-operate with the Government in maintaining peace in the area. “We assure the government and the people that even a single shot will not be fired in Darra, Kohat and Peshawar,” he said.
Friday, March 20, 2009
Pakistan and Taliban New Deal
The Darra Adamkhel-based Taliban militants, affiliated with the Baitullah Mehsud-led banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), on March 19 agreed to a cease-fire in Darra Adamkhel and Frontier Region Kohat till March 30, according to The News. Sources said the elders of five major tribes of Darra Adamkhel, led by Noor Zaman Afridi, held a meeting with the militants’ chief, Tariq Afridi, in the Orakzai Agency in FATA and asked him to help restore peace in the region. Talking to a private FM radio channel in Darra Adamkhel, TTP Darra Adamkhel chief Tariq Afridi pledged to co-operate with the Government in maintaining peace in the area. “We assure the government and the people that even a single shot will not be fired in Darra, Kohat and Peshawar,” he said.
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