There are no Taliban in Pakistan, but there are millions of Afghan refugees, but they must not be confused with the Taliban. However, there could be stray individuals part of or sympathetic to the group, Maj Gen Shaukat Sultan, press secretary to the president and head of Inter-Services Public Relations, told journalists here on Saturday. Gen Sultan said there should be no misgivings about the deal reached with tribal elders in North Waziristan. He dismissed as utterly baseless allegations that some kind of a deal had been entered into with the Taliban in Afghanistan. He said no foreigner would be accorded asylum nor Waziristan would turn into a haven for terrorists. He said there was no question of any "cross-border terrorist movement" from Pakistan to any neighbouring state.
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