by Sardar Ahmad
KABUL (AFP) – Talks between Afghanistan and Pakistan ended Sunday with calls to eliminate terrorist sanctuaries in their respective tribal regions and to fight the opium trade financing Islamic militants.
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, addressing 700 tribal delegates at the end of a landmark “peace jirga” aimed at defeating the common threat of Al-Qaeda and the Taliban, called for an urgent “rescue” from Muslim extremism.
A statement at the close of the four-day tribal council also agreed to push for reconciliation with the “opposition” ….
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August 13, 2007 at 1:20 pm |
Iran’s money man in Iraq arrested, and more
An Iran-linked financier of Iraqi extremists in Baghdad has been arrested by U.S. troops. (RTENews) The suspect, whose identity has not been released, is believed to be a special groups leader for the Bayaa neighbourhood in the western part of