moderate libertarian
09-30-2011, 12:42 AM
This is making top news among google world news. Anything Obama touches seems to get opposite results than he predicts. Obama administration seems to have started backtrackig already that would only further weaken America's position in Afghanistan and image around the world.
APC hints at talks with militants
Published: September 30, 2011
ISLAMABAD: In an apparent paradigm shift in the country’s security policy, the nation’s top political and military leadership has decided to hold peace talks with all militant groups, apparently including the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
The decision to initiate a dialogue process with ‘all stakeholders’ was approved on Thursday at an All Parties Conference, a nine-hour-long marathon meeting which had been convened by the government to demonstrate national unity in the face of what were perceived as threats by the United States (which has since sought to soften its criticism of Pakistan).
“Pakistan must initiate dialogue with a view to negotiate peace with our own people in the tribal areas and a proper mechanism for this be put in place,” said a 13-point joint declaration issued after the meeting chaired by Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani.
(Read: APC concludes marathon session with joint resolution – Full text)
While the statement did not clarify, some of the participants of the meeting told The Express Tribune that the phrase “own people” was a reference to militant groups, including the TTP.
“Personally, I am against talking to terrorists but had to endorse it for the sake of national unity,” said Sahibzada Fazl Karim, the head of the Sunni Ittehad Council, an umbrella organisation for Pakistan’s Barelvi groups which are opposed to the Taliban, who are from the rival Deobandi sect.
http://tribune.com.pk/story/263682/right-wing-vindicated-apc-hints-at-talks-with-militants/
APC hints at talks with militants
Published: September 30, 2011
ISLAMABAD: In an apparent paradigm shift in the country’s security policy, the nation’s top political and military leadership has decided to hold peace talks with all militant groups, apparently including the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
The decision to initiate a dialogue process with ‘all stakeholders’ was approved on Thursday at an All Parties Conference, a nine-hour-long marathon meeting which had been convened by the government to demonstrate national unity in the face of what were perceived as threats by the United States (which has since sought to soften its criticism of Pakistan).
“Pakistan must initiate dialogue with a view to negotiate peace with our own people in the tribal areas and a proper mechanism for this be put in place,” said a 13-point joint declaration issued after the meeting chaired by Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani.
(Read: APC concludes marathon session with joint resolution – Full text)
While the statement did not clarify, some of the participants of the meeting told The Express Tribune that the phrase “own people” was a reference to militant groups, including the TTP.
“Personally, I am against talking to terrorists but had to endorse it for the sake of national unity,” said Sahibzada Fazl Karim, the head of the Sunni Ittehad Council, an umbrella organisation for Pakistan’s Barelvi groups which are opposed to the Taliban, who are from the rival Deobandi sect.
http://tribune.com.pk/story/263682/right-wing-vindicated-apc-hints-at-talks-with-militants/