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Afghanistan

Media reports Taliban government minister killed in Kabul blast

2024-12-12

Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Khalil Haqqani, the Minister of Refugees in the Taliban-led government of Afghanistan (the organization is under UN sanctions for terrorist activities), was killed in an explosion in the building of the department he heads in Kabul. This was reported on December 12 by the Afghan news portal Tolo news, citing sources.

How exciting! Who dunnit?
“Sources close to the Taliban have confirmed the killing of the Minister of Refugees, Khalil Haqqani,” the portal’s Telegram channel says.

It is noted that several more people died as a result of the explosion.

As reported by Regnum News Agency, in April 2023, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said that the Afghan authorities are pursuing a policy that helps strengthen security not only in the country but also in the region. According to him, there are no threats to Central Asian countries from Afghanistan.

What about from the jihadi groups they eagerly host, like Al Qaeda and Taliban Tehrik-i Pakistan (TTP)?

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on November 28 that Russia expects to develop relations with Afghanistan and the current Afghan leadership. The head of state added that complex processes are currently taking place in that country.

Russia has been saying so since shortly after the American-led Coalition pulled out. They haven’t yet done so, though, for some reason.
Local questions:

Who was behind the assassination of Khalil-ur-Rahman Haqqani?

[KhaamaPress] Khalil-ur-Rehman Haqqani’s assassination occurred in one of his most secure locations, with trusted Zadran tribesmen guarding him.

The attack raises suspicions of possible internal involvement or security breaches within his circle.

However, Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesperson for the Taliban government, stated in a message that Khalil ur-Rahman Haqqani, the Taliban Refugees Minister, was killed in an attack by “Khawarij” (referred to ISIS).

Khawarij (Kharijites) is an ancient Arabic Moslem term for heretics, often used to describe Wahhabis and hence Al Qaeda and ISIS-linked jihadis.

The ISIS-Khorasan branch, as an active terrorist group in Afghanistan, has repeatedly claimed responsibility for attacks against high-ranking Taliban figures. The assassination of Mullah Dawood Muzammil, the Taliban governor of Balkh, and the killing of Nisar Ahmad Ahmadi, the Taliban deputy governor of Badakhshan, are examples of such actions.

Regarding Khalil ur-Rahman Haqqani, although it is said that the Haqqani network maintains good relations with ISIS members, it is not unlikely that ISIS could have carried out this attack.

Mujahid, referring to the U.S. offer of a $5 million reward for Haqqani’s capture, mentioned that Haqqani was a prominent member of a large jihadist family, and the enemies of Islam had placed a bounty on his head.

He further remarked, “Today, he was martyred by the Khawarij, who claim to be Muslims while declaring other Muslims as apostates.”

The Taliban spokesperson emphasized that such cowardly acts would not weaken the resolve of Muslims nor help the conspirators achieve their evil goals against their Islamic system. Instead, he argued, such actions only darken the faces of the enemies of Islam and expose their malicious intentions.

At present, no group has claimed responsibility for Haqqani’s assassination, although the Taliban often refers to the terrorist group ISIS as the “Khawarij.”

However, it can be speculated that the assassination of Khalil-ur-Rehman Haqqani took place in one of the most secure locations under his supervision. His security detail consisted of trusted Zadran tribesmen, including all of his personal guards.

The high security measures at the ministry suggest that the attack was likely carried out by someone from his inner circle or with their cooperation, as breaching such security would be difficult otherwise.

This attack underscores the ongoing violence and instability in Afghanistan, despite the Taliban’s claims of controlling the country. The continued targeting of key figures within the Taliban government reflects the ongoing internal and external challenges the regime faces, particularly from extremist factions that reject its authority.

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Afghanistan

Brother of former Afghan President swears allegiance to Taliban

2021-08-22

[KhaamaPress] Brother of former Afghanistan's Caped President Ashraf Ghani
...former chancellor of Kabul University, ex-president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. When Biden abandoned the country left with a helicopter, four cars, and part of the national treasury...
, Hashamt Ghani Ahmadzai affiliated the Taliban
Taliban

...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
in Kabul by swearing allegiance.

Hashamt Ghani who is also head of the Grand Council of Kuchi (nomads) in Afghanistan did not have any official position during the eight-year tenure of Ashraf Ghani.

In a video clip aired from the ceremony, it is shown that Hashamt Ghani is pledging allegiance to Khalil-ur-Rahman, a key member of the Taliban.

Earlier, Afghan government provincial governor and national police commanders had also promised to be cooperating with the Taliban as they have grabbed control over Afghanistan.

The allegiance comes as the Taliban leadership is yet to fill the political vacuum but reiterates that speedy negotiations are ongoing in this regard.

According to One India:

Reports say that Hashmat Ghani Ahmadzi had announced his support to the Taliban in the presence of Taliban leader Khalil-ur-Rehman and religious scholar Mufti Mahmood Zakir. Ahmadzi is the chief of the Grand Council of Kuchis.

The Times of Israel adds:

Hashmat Ghani is an independent Afghan politician, who oversees the affairs of the Kuchi nomads, and the Ahmadzai tribe. In 2002, he was appointed the Grand Council Chieftain of the Kuchis.

The Taliban
Taliban

...Arabic for students...
leader Haqqani, who was said to be present at Hashmat Ghani’s pledge, is one of America’s most wanted gunnies with a $5 million bounty on his head for links to al-Qaeda.

According to reports on Friday, the Taliban has put Haqqani in charge of security in Kabul.

The Haqqani network
...a branch of the Afghan Taliban, based in Pakistain. The network is a family business founded by the later Jalaluddin Haqqani...
have been blamed for some of the deadliest attacks in recent years, claiming the lives of civilians, government officials and foreign forces.

They have been designated a foreign terrorist group by the United States, and are also under United Nations
...an organization which on balance has done more bad than good, with the good not done well and the bad done thoroughly...
sanctions.

Whoa.

Hashmat Ghani, brother of former President @ashrafghani, has pledged allegiance to the Taliban in the presence of Khalil Haqqani. #Afghanistan pic.twitter.com/t6M974XgMV
— FJ (@Natsecjeff) August 21, 2021

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Afghanistan

Key Taliban leader involved in major attacks arrested in Ghazni

2016-03-18

[Khaama (Afghanistan)] A key Taliban capo involved in major terrorist activities has been tossed in the slammer
Book 'im, Mahmoud!
in southeastern Ghazni province of Afghanistan.

The Afghan Intelligence -- National Directorate of Security
...the Afghan national intel agency...
(NDS) said Qari Khalil-ur-Rehman was a senior Taliban capo was involved in organizing suicide kabooms and other terrorist activities in Ghazni city.

NDS further added that Qari Rehman was arrested during a special military operation conducted by the intelligence operatives.

No further details were given regarding the exact location and timing of the operation that led to the apprehension of Qari Rehman.

The intelligence agency also added that Qari Rehman was arrested in close cooperation with the local residents, preventing him to plan and coordinate further attacks in this province.

The Talibs group has not commented regarding the report so far.

Ghazni is among the relatively volatile provinces in southeastern Afghanistan where anti-government armed bully boy groups including the Taliban holy warriors are actively operating in its various parts.

The holy warriors are mainly involved in carrying out kabooms and murders as well kidnappings in this province.

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India-Pakistan

Few answers

2014-08-20

[DAWN] Just before the 'azadi march', the prime minister announced the government's intention to establish a commission, consisting of Supreme Court judges, to inquire into allegations by Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf
...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations....
(PTI) that the 2013 elections were rigged. The hope was that this would defuse the political crisis engulfing the country. Yet, the proposed 'solution' comes with its own set of problems.

First, an issue that could have led to strengthening of the political process will end up weakening it. When the allegations were first levelled, PML-N decided not to engage politically at all, stating that only election tribunals were an appropriate forum for these allegations. Yet, 14 months later — facing calls for resignation — suddenly an alternate forum has been conceived.

Instead, if at the very beginning the PML-N had engaged with PTI, they could have secured a guarantee that the overall election would not be questioned, that the findings from the four constituencies would be used to guide electoral reform and thus the political process would have produced meaningful outcomes. Yet now, once again, the Supreme Court has been asked to wade into a complete political thicket.

Second, the question that the court is being asked to answer is crucial. The court is not being asked whether there was rigging in the elections of 2013. It is being asked whether the 'allegations' levelled by the PTI that the elections were 'manipulated or influenced by anyone for the benefit of a political party or individuals' are true.

In other words, please tell us if it is correct that your former chief justice, former judge Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday, and former caretaker chief minister Najam Sethi etc were in cahoots with the PML-N. The Supreme Court will either have to implicate a former chief justice — who led the court for eight years and aggressively heard cases against a PPP government — as being a partisan person willing to rig elections; or it will have to exonerate them.

Given this background, even if they exonerate them, the PTI and its supporters will be able to claim that the court had its own interests to protect. It is a political thicket that will only tarnish the court.

Third, even if the terms of reference are changed so that the court is asked to inquire whether rigging took place and not the alleged role of people who may have influenced the elections, there are constitutional issues.

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India-Pakistan

Black sheep spoiling image of lawyers: LHC CJ

2009-08-02

[The News (Pak) Top Stories] Lahore High Court Chief Justice Khawaja Muhammad Sharif has asked lawyers to drag out the black sheep from their ranks who are trying to spoil the image of the community that struggled for the restoration of the judiciary.
My solution: Steel Cage Tag Team Texas Death Matches. Judges vs. Lawyers, Cops vs Lawyers, Black Sheep Lawyers vs. Lawyers, Reporters vs. Lawyers. Put it on Pay Per View and retire the national debt.
Addressing the judicial officers, civil society representatives and police officials participating in the National Judicial Conference at the Punjab Judicial Academy on Saturday, the chief justice said that peaceful atmosphere was necessary in the courts for ensuring justice as it was pre-requisite for the economic development of the country.
He was then hit with a ~~folding steel chair~~ pipe...
The atmosphere of courts in some cities was, however, had been polluted due to violence against police and media during the last week, he said, urging the lawyers to adopt a sympathetic attitude towards the litigants as well.

He said the enforcement of the National Judicial Policy had reduced the number of pending cases significantly, adding the cooperation between judicial officers and lawyers could quicken the process. He urged the judicial officers to work hard like Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry for the disposal of all the pending cases, saying if the CJP could work for 18 to 19 hours daily, they should also work for at least 10 to 12 hours a day.

He said that 200 civil judges and 29 family judges would be recruited under the supervision of the high court to remove the shortage of judges in the province. He advised the judicial officers to decide the cases without fear and favour.

He called upon the police to improve the system of investigations and forward the challans to courts under the supervision of the officers so that the real culprits could be brought to book.

He appreciated the establishment of the Punjab Judicial Academy where experienced retired judges of good repute were training the new judicial officers.

Earlier, the District and Sessions Judge, Lahore, explained the aims and objects of the conference and said that honest judges and investigation officers facilitated speedy disposal of cases in accordance with law.

A number of proposals were discussed for dealing with delaying tactics during the hearing of cases in the court during the first and second session of the conference.

Punjab Justinian Academy Consultant Justice (retd) Khalil-ur-Rehman Khan, Director General Justice (retd) Tanvir Ahmed Khan and Directors Fakhar Hayat and Malik Khadim Hussain also attended the conference along with district and sessions judges, civil judges, magistrates and lawyers.

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India-Pakistan

India detains Kashmir rebel spokesman

2008-04-04

SRINAGAR, India - Police in Indian Kashmir said Thursday they had arrested the chief spokesman of Islamic militant group Hizbul Mujahedin in the summer capital of the disputed Himalayan region. Junaid-ul-Islam, the chief spokesman for Hizbul Mujahedin, was arrested from a hide-out in Srinagar in the early hours today, said B. Srinivas, deputy inspector general of police. He was active since 1990 and his arrest is a big success for police, said Srinivas, adding the suspect had been pulled in on information provided by three recently arrested Hizbul members.

Islams real name was Abdul Khaliq Dar, police said, adding that he used two more alias namesKhalil-ur-Rehman target=_blank>Khalil-ur-Rehman and Fazal-ul-Rehman. He was involved in planning (attacks) and was one of the top Hizbul leaders wanted by the police, Srinivas said. He was dealing with press and was part of Hizbuls propaganda cell.

Hizbul Mujahedin, which has been active in Indian Kashmir for two decades, is a hardline group fighting for the Indian part of the Himalayan region to be folded into Pakistan. The arrest deals a fresh blow to the pro-Pakistan group. On Tuesday, two of its top commanders were killed during a gun battle and four key members were arrested. Last month, Indian security forces said they shot dead three top Hizbul Mujahedin commanders and arrested a leading rebel allegedly involved in nearly 30 killings.

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India-Pakistan

SC says spectre of martial law continues to haunt Pakistan

2007-10-23

(PTI) Pakistan's Supreme Court, hearing the legal challenge to President Pervez Musharraf's re-election in uniform, today said the issue of martial law continued to haunt the country. Justice Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday, a member of the 11-judge bench hearing the matter, said it was not correct to say that martial law had been buried once and for all. "We kept on burying martial law every time but it is still haunting us, it is not easy to bury it," he observed.

It's generals and not justices who have all the guns ...

Justice Syed Jamshed Ali said the army act has been deterrent to efforts to do away with martial law. Aitzaz Ahsan, the counsel for retired judge Wajihuddin Ahmad, who unsuccessfully contested the October 6 presidential poll, said martial law could be buried if the court performed its duty. "This is the right time to bury martial law as an army chief is standing at the exit door of dictatorship. The court has to react courageously," he said.

The apex court, which earlier said it would give its verdict in the matter by the end of this month, later adjourned the hearing till tomorrow.

Justice Javed Iqbal, who heads the 11-member bench, has said that the court will not be deterred by fears of Musharraf imposing martial law in the event of a ruling that goes against him.

The embattled military ruler swept the presidential poll that was boycotted by opposition parties but cannot be sworn in till the apex court decides on his candidature.

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India-Pakistan

Pakistan reinstates top judge

2007-07-21

IN a massive blow to Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, the Supreme Court last night declared his efforts to sack the country's Chief Justice illegal.

In a 10-3 vote, the full bench effectively reinstated Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry and ruled that General Musharraf's attempts to remove him from office were unconstitutional. By the same margin, the judges quashed a case of alleged misconduct by Justice Chaudhry that General Musharraf had referred to a separate judicial panel.

The historic judgment, coming after months of deliberation, is likely to have far-reaching implications for General Musharraf as he confronts his gravest crisis since seizing power in a bloodless coup eight years ago.

Presiding judge Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday said General Musharraf's order suspending Justice Chaudhry was "set aside as being illegal".

The suspension of the nation's top judicial officer on March 9 had sparked protests by lawyers and opposition parties that have grown into a powerful pro-democracy movement just as General Musharraf faces a rising tide of Islamic militancy.

The verdict is a major blow to General Musharraf's standing and could further complicate his bid to win a new five-year presidential term this year.

As lawyers celebrated outside the court in Islamabad, Justice Chaudhry's senior counsel Aitzaz Ahsan told reporters the case alleging misconduct by his client had been quashed. "He has been restored and it is a victory for the entire nation," he said.

Throngs of lawyers converged on the attorney, enthusiastically chanting "Go Musharraf, go!" The verdict also prompted celebrations among gatherings of lawyers in major cities, including Lahore and Rawalpindi.

General Musharraf suspended Justice Chaudhry for allegedly pulling rank to secure a police job for his son and enjoying unwarranted privileges such as the use of government aircraft. The Government insists the case has no political motive and that General Musharraf had little choice under the constitution but to suspend Justice Chaudhry.

However, opponents accuse General Musharraf of plotting to remove an independent-minded judge to forestall legal challenges to his plan to ask parliamentarians to approve him for another term later this year.

Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz last night accepted the ruling and appealed for national unity as Pakistan moved toward elections. "I would like to emphasise that we must all accept the verdict with grace and dignity reflective of a mature nation," he told the state-run Associated Press of Pakistan. "This is not the time to claim victory or defeat. The constitution and the law have prevailed and must prevail at all times."

A top Pakistani human rights activist said the verdict demonstrated the independence of the judiciary and was a victory for civil society. "It's very clear guns and intimidation will not bow down civil society or civil institutions of Pakistan," said the chairman of the non-governmental Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, Asma Jehangir.

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India-Pakistan

IJT protests against university administration

2006-04-09

PESHAWAR: The Islami Jumaat-e-Talba (IJT) activists held a protest demonstration against the administration of Peshawar University at the press club on Saturday for banning Quran teaching classes in the campus.

The protestors chanted slogans against university administration and said no ban on Quran-teaching classes would be tolerated. IJT General Secretary Samiullah Shehbaz alleged that campus police tear-gassed and baton charged them at the department of Pharmacy, as they were going for their Quran teaching class. He claimed that the police also arrested some of their colleagues. He demanded the NWFP Governor Khalil-ur-Rehman and Chief Minister Akram Khan Durani to take action against vice chancellor and administration of the varsity and release their arrested activists.

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India-Pakistan

IMU leader met with MMA cabinet officials

2006-03-30

The violence anticipated in the Khyber Agency for the last year and a half has broken out into a war. Two armies have clashed and left behind 24 dead in Bara, while the federal government, which looks after the area, has practically looked on to see which brand of Islam wins in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). Supporters of one faction have been attacking the supporters of their rival, putting everything to sack and killing anyone who resists. Both the armies are led by outsiders, one from Afghanistan and the other from sectarian Hangu in the NWFP. Several Afghans too have been killed in the latest upsurge of fighting. There has also been Taliban-fashion hostage taking.

The NWFP governor, Khalil ur Rehman, who is in charge of the area on behalf of the federal government, has finally sent in security forces numbering 8,000 to restore order. Was the government waiting for the two warring factions to kill each other before it would act to mop up the debris? If that was the strategy it has been at the cost of the average citizen. Like anywhere else in Pakistans buffer areas, the population of Bara has been fleeing in the face of escalating violence in the last five months. During this waiting period the factions have built their militias and armed and entrenched themselves in castle-like strongholds. There is even an FM radio rousing the population to sectarian passions.

Everybody knew what was happening. As one tribesman put it: The government did not take the rivalry between the two groups seriously. The leaders of both groups held big public meetings to rally support. The two men at the heart of the problem are Pir Saif ur Rehmanwho arrived in the area some time ago to set up his mystical order among the predominantly Deobandi local populationand Mufti Munir Shakir, a tough Deobandi who hates the Shias and raised hell in Hangu before he was made to flee from there. Some people say the war in Bara is a Deobandi-Barelvi war. Even if the two orders are not directly involved, it is clearly a conflict between two approaches to Islam. That Peshawar and Islamabad took so long to grasp this fact is quite shocking.

What did the government do when Mufti Shakir set up his FM radio and organised his Lashkar-e-Islami? Nothing. What did it do when foreigner Pir Saif ur Rehman began converting the local population and becoming rich with the gold ornaments that the believing women of Bara gave him in return for his miracles? Nothing. Now Bara is divided between the two warring men of God. They have set up their opposed jurisdictions in the area. Mufti Shakir is pursuing a system of punishments on the order of the Taliban under the doctrine of amr and nahi and enjoys the support of the majority. If the government takes needful action now, it is going to come up against the obstacles created by its negligence over the past months.

The Taliban have already set up government in some areas of Waziristan and are handing out arbitrary Islamic punishments because the government has been absent from FATA (along the 2,400 kilometre Afghan border) under the fig leaf of the special Frontier Crimes Regulations (FCR). Pakistan inherited the badlands from the British Raj, called the buffer region against invasion from the west. Today there is disorder in the seven agencies (Bajaur, Khyber, Kurram, Mohmand, Orakzai, North Waziristan and South Waziristan). And it is catching on in other parts of Pakistan too. Shockingly, only 30 percent of Pakistan appears to be under normal law and order, if you add Balochistan, where only five percent of the province is policed, and the katcha of Sindh, stretching for 850 kilometres from Kashmore to the sea, where dacoits rule.

The outsiders problem is related directly to the question of jurisdiction of state. For far too long the state has allowed a vast territory to remain in a kind of administrative limbo. There is a whole series of negative fallouts from this extraterritoriality. Pakistans industry cannot survive because of smuggling in these areas: the custom duty alone thus lost comes to $5 billion annually, almost equal to Pakistans trade gap in recent years.

The people in these areas have become dependent on sources of income outside Pakistan that the state law doesnt recognise. Unsatisfied by the FCR administered on the basis of jirgas of dubious reputation, the people have looked to the Taliban-like Muslim puritans to give them reprieve from crime through a savage system of reprisals. The government says it wants to re-establish the states jurisdiction in these areas. But the bitter truth is that the lawlessness of Pakistans badlands has spread to the settled areas and people in urban Pakistan are increasingly resorting to violence while the police and the lower courts, allowed to deteriorate in performance, simply stand aside and watch.

The bomb explosion in Khyber Bazaar, Peshawar, on Tuesday killed one person and injured 16. The bomb, fixed to a motorbike, was big enough to indicate that its source was no amateur bomb-maker. It has actually been identified as being of the same make as those found in North Waziristan after the foreigners fled from there. Awami National Party (ANP) leader Lateef Afridi, who narrowly escaped death, has registered an FIR against two of his known enemies.

Mr Afridi should consider another angle. He is the only leader in his party who has been outspoken about the presence of foreign terrorists in the tribal areas. In some of his statements he has been more revealing than might be considered healthy by anyone living in the NWFP. (Consider this: Uzbek Al Qaeda leader Tahir Yuldashev held a meeting in a forest in North Waziristan which was attended by some cabinet members of the MMA government from Peshawar.) The bomb incident should be looked at from all possible angles because it could be the beginning of another desperate period of assertion from elements that have made Pakistan their home.

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Army operations suspended in North Waziristan

2006-02-24

Military operations against militants in North Waziristan were suspended and tribesmen given charge to flush out foreign terrorists, NWFP Governor Khalil-ur-Rehman told a Jirga. The governor, however, set no timeframe for tribal elders to purge North Waziristan of foreign militants.

Comes as a surprise, huh?

The government has suspended operations in North Waziristan because it believes that the tribesmen are able to restore peace and normalcy through their own customs and traditions, Rehman told Utmanzai Wazir and Daur tribes in Miranshah, regional headquarters of North Waziristan. Khalils visit to Miranshah follows last month disturbing images when local Taliban mutilated corpses after killing who they said were bandits. The announcement also comes days after Afghanistan delivered Pakistan a list of wanted Taliban leaders for their handover to Kabul. It doesnt mean that the government has backed out of its earlier determination rather we want to show that the tribesmen can improve the situation themselves, the governor told the Jirga elders.

I thought they'd already shown they either can't or won't?... Oh. Wait. I understand. That was in South Wazoo. Sorry for the mistake.

However, if there is no improvement (in the ground situation), the (military) operations would be resumed with full vigor and severity Governor Rehman warned the tribesmen. The tribesmen should realize the gravity of situation and discharge their responsibilities to evade further operations.

I'm sure they will do just as they always have.

The governor said the government was taking action against the elements that were our foes as well as enemies of the entire world and humanity. If we do not fix them up, others are ready to follow them till total elimination.

"Eventually the Americans will lose patience and do it for us. We'll bitch, of course, and probably ally with the Chinese."

Rehman lauded the tribesmen for their patriotic sentiments and loyalty to the country saying, Now again the time has come that the tribesmen should demonstrate the same spirit to uphold the dignity and prestige of the country.

The same spirit as what?

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Afghanistan/South Asia

Registration of seminaries made compulsory

2005-08-18

PESHAWAR â The registration of religious madrassas (seminaries) in NWFP has been made compulsory by the signing of the North-West Frontier Province Societies Registration (Amendment) Ordinance 2005 yesterday.

The amendment ordinance, which was signed here by Governor Khalil-ur-Rehman, includes a new section called â Registration od Deeni Madarsiâ and has been added to the Societies Registration Act, 1860. According to an official handout, the amendment makes it compulsory that âall religous schools cannot operate in the province without being registered under this act and shall be subject to the provisions of this Act in addition to what is provided in its existing relevant sectionsâ.

No home-schooling in Peshawar!

The amendment makes it incumbent upon all seminaries that they should submit annual report their activities and performance to the registrar. Similarly, every religious school shall also have to maintain accounts of its actual expenses and receipts and is obliged to conduct audit of its accounts by an auditor and submit its audited accounts to the registrar. The amendment also bars all such schools in the province from publishing âany literature which promotes militancy or spreads sectarian or religious hatredâ. Leaders of ruling Mutahida Majlise Amal, however, have expressed certain reservations about the new law about the new amendment.

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