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| Raisani rejects reports about Taliban presence in Quetta |
| 2009-10-02 |
| [Dawn] Balochistan Chief Minister Aslam Raisani has dismissed as baseless western media reports about the presence of Taliban Shura in Quetta. 'There are no Taliban in Quetta and adjoining areas and western media's perception in this regard is totally wrong,' he told this correspondent here on Wednesday. The US and British newspapers had reported that Taliban leader Mullah Omar is leading a shadowy central council in Quetta. Mr Raisani said that a US drone strike in Balochistan would endanger supplies of goods from Karachi port to Kandahar and logistics support to Nato troops in Afghanistan. He said the people of Balochistan would react strongly to US drone attacks because they would consider them a violation of Pakistan's territorial integrity. The chief minister said the Baloch people would take up arms in case of such attacks which would be taken as aggression. He said seven incidents of torching of Nato tankers had already taken place and drone attacks in any part of Balochistan would intensify hatred of the US government. Mr Raisani said he had held meetings with Pakhtoon and Baloch tribesmen who assured him that they would not allow Taliban militants to use Pakistan's territory for attacks on US and Afghan forces. He asked the US and Nato authorities to pay compensation for reconstruction of roads which had been damaged by heavy Nato containers and tankers passing through Balochistan. |
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