Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud has directed his militants not to target troops in the lawless North Waziristan tribal region and instead focus on attacking NATO forces in neighbouring Afghanistan, according to media reports.
In a pamphlet distributed in the region on Saturday, Mehsud, the chief of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, asked his militants to abide by the peace deal struck by warlord Hafiz Gul Bahadur with the government, the reports said.
‘O 'mujahideen' brothers! As you know, the Pakistani and Afghan Taliban under the leadership of Mullah Muhammad Omar are engaged in 'jihad' against the crusaders and infidels, and are supporters of each other in the ongoing holy war.
The enemies do not want to see us united and disciplined against them and are trying to divide us,’ Mehsud was quoted as saying in the pamphlet.
He reportedly said it was binding on the local Taliban to abide by the peace deal and other decisions for maintaining law and order in North Waziristan. Mehsud said all 'mujahideen', including foreign militants, should follow decisions made by the local Taliban and the government for smooth running of administrative affairs.
BROTHERS IN ARMS
‘AMERICAN TALIBAN’ WINS RIGHT TO PRAY
A man known as the ‘American Taliban’, convicted on terrorism-related charges, has won a legal fight that will allow him and fellow Muslim inmates to gather for daily prayers at a high-security US prison.
A federal judge ruled on Friday that the warden at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, was violating John Walker Lindh's rights by not allowing the religious activities, the CNN reported. Lindh argued that before 2007 Muslim prisoners were allowed to pray together for at least three of Islam's five daily prayers.
In a pamphlet distributed in the region on Saturday, Mehsud, the chief of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, asked his militants to abide by the peace deal struck by warlord Hafiz Gul Bahadur with the government, the reports said.
‘O 'mujahideen' brothers! As you know, the Pakistani and Afghan Taliban under the leadership of Mullah Muhammad Omar are engaged in 'jihad' against the crusaders and infidels, and are supporters of each other in the ongoing holy war.
The enemies do not want to see us united and disciplined against them and are trying to divide us,’ Mehsud was quoted as saying in the pamphlet.
He reportedly said it was binding on the local Taliban to abide by the peace deal and other decisions for maintaining law and order in North Waziristan. Mehsud said all 'mujahideen', including foreign militants, should follow decisions made by the local Taliban and the government for smooth running of administrative affairs.
BROTHERS IN ARMS
- In a pamphlet distributed in the region on Saturday, Mehsud, the chief of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, asked his militants to abide by the peace deal struck by warlord Hafiz Gul Bahadur with the government
- Mehsud said all ‘mujahideen’, including foreign militants, should follow decisions made by the local Taliban and the government for smooth running of administrative affairs
‘AMERICAN TALIBAN’ WINS RIGHT TO PRAY
A man known as the ‘American Taliban’, convicted on terrorism-related charges, has won a legal fight that will allow him and fellow Muslim inmates to gather for daily prayers at a high-security US prison.
A federal judge ruled on Friday that the warden at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, was violating John Walker Lindh's rights by not allowing the religious activities, the CNN reported. Lindh argued that before 2007 Muslim prisoners were allowed to pray together for at least three of Islam's five daily prayers.