Replies

ON THE NET...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=taliban
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=taleban

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=mullahomar

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=waziristan

===

Note: The following post is a quote:
---
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1708117/posts

Omar behind Waziristan deal: report
Dawn (PK) ^ | LONDON, Sept 24

Posted on 09/25/2006 3:24:01 PM PDT by Perdogg

The fugitive Taliban commander Mullah Omar has emerged as the key player behind the controversial Waziristan peace deal.

The online edition of the Telegraph reported on Sunday that the Taliban’s one-eyed spiritual leader, who had a $10 million price on his head for refusing to hand over Osama bin Laden after the September 11 attacks, signed a letter explicitly endorsing the recently announced truce.

The deal between the government and North Waziristan elders in the tribal region bordering Afghanistan is reported to be designed to end five years of bloodshed in the area.

“While officially a US ally in the war on terror, Pakistan has been repeatedly accused by Afghanistan of not doing enough to clear Taliban militants out of its border regions, allegations it denies.

(Excerpt) Read more at dawn.com ...