Friday, April 24, 2009

Pakistan Taliban in Buner pull out

Residents were warned not to engage in "un-Islamic" activity and barred women from public places

Well that is nice ! the Taliban prove that they can do whatever they want , and 24 hours later , they are ordered to pull back ? A "Special" Meeting was held between the Taliban and the Pakistani Government , What concessions did the Government make now ? Or did Zardari, Tell them they moved to fast and that they were supposed to take over Buner and the rest of Pakistan slowly in a matter of months , not in a matter of days .

Al Jazeera
Up to 500 Taliban fighters have been ordered to pull back from Buner, just 100km away from the Pakistan capital of Islamabad, less than 24 hours after they entered the strategic district.

"Our leader has ordered that Taliban should immediately be called back from Buner," Muslim Khan, a Pakistan Taliban spokesman, said on Friday.

The pull out came a day after the Taliban clashed with regional forces, leaving one policemen dead.

The group's move into Buner had alarmed the Pakistan goverment over what the Taliban's future intentions might be.
"There was a meeting between Sufi Mohammad, the cleric who brokered a deal between the Taliban, and the Pakistani government, some members of the Taliban and a few officals from the northwest frontier.
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