Wednesday, March 4, 2009

The President of Pakistan is not going to negotiate with the Taliban.

   The President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari has declared that the Pakistani authorities did not and do not intend to negotiate with the terrorists of the Taliban. On March 4, said that BBC News.
Recall the recent Pakistani authorities announced that they are willing to enter into the valley of Swat, sharia law, if the Taliban agree to cease hostilities in the area. Now, Zardari explained that during negotiations, the authorities merely asked for some independent radical clerics to curb the Taliban, as well as other adherents to militant forms of Islam. According to the President, the clergy of the valley of Swat, with whom the authorities of the country, have no relationship to the Taliban.
In his speech, the president of Pakistan, stressed that the authorities did not accept the closure of schools for girls in the valley of Swat. These schools were destroyed by Taliban combatants, because radical Islam is opposed to female education. "The government insists that education is compulsory for young women," - said Zardari.
The fighting in the Swat Valley began in 2007. Since then, in the course of the conflicts between Taliban and government troops killed about 1000 civilians Valley. Now in the region are two thousand government troops and about three thousand Taliban. Last independently executed in the region for violation of the rules of Shariah. Shortly after mid-February 2009, Pakistani authorities announced the possible introduction of Sharia law in Swat, militants the Taliban have agreed to a cease-fire.
Western governments have criticized the Pakistani authorities who, according to some experts, went to the cooperation with the Taliban.

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