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DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan —
Prominent al-Qaida and Afghan
Taliban fighters asked Pakistani
militants in a pair of rare meetings to
set aside their differences and step up
support for the battle against U.S.-led
forces in Afghanistan, militant
commanders said Monday.
The meetings were held in Pakistan’s
tribal region in November and
December at the request of the
Afghan Taliban’s leadership council.
They could indicate the militants are
struggling in Afghanistan, or
conversely, that they want to make
sure they hit U.S. forces hard as the
Americans accelerate their withdrawal
this year. That could give the Taliban
additional leverage in any peace
negotiations.
“For God’s sake, forget all your
differences and give us fighters to
boost the battle against America in
Afghanistan,” senior al-Qaida
commander Abu Yahya al-Libi told
Pakistani fighters at a meeting on Dec.
11, according to a militant who
attended.
Pakistani militants have long been split
over where they should focus their
fighting. The Pakistani Taliban have
concentrated on toppling their own
government, although they have sent
some fighters to Afghanistan. Other
Pakistani groups based in the tribal
region have almost exclusively
directed their attacks against foreign
forces in Afghanistan.
The Pakistani Taliban, an umbrella
organization set up in 2007 to
represent roughly 40 insurgent groups,
has also been split by infighting over
turf and leadership positions after
commanders were killed by the
Pakistani military and U.S. drone
strikes.
The group has fractured into more
than 100 smaller factions, a process
that some analysts have suggested
would take a toll on militants fighting
in Afghanistan by making it
increasingly difficult for them to find
recruits, as well as restricting territory
in Pakistan available to them.
Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah
Mehsud attended the two meetings on
Nov. 27 in Wana, the main town in
South Waziristan, and Dec. 11 in the
Datta Khel area of North Waziristan,
Pakistani Taliban spokesman
Ehsanullah Ehsan told The Associated
Press.
Other prominent Pakistani militant
leaders who attended included
Mehsud’s deputy, Waliur Rehman, and
two commanders who have focused on
fighting in Afghanistan, Maulvi Nazir
and Gul Bahadur, Ehsan said. Also
there was Sirajuddin Haqqani, an
Afghan militant based in North
Waziristan who leads one of the most
feared groups fighting in Afghanistan.
The Afghan Taliban fighters at the
meetings included Zabiullah Mujahid, a
well-known spokesman, and Maulvi
Sangin, who claims to have custody of
U.S. Army Pvt. Bowe R. Bergdahl,
captured in Afghanistan in 2009.
The four Pakistani commanders and
Haqqani agreed to form a council to
resolve differences, said two Pakistani
Taliban commanders who attended the
meetings. They spoke on condition of
anonymity because of the sensitivity of
the issue.
A pamphlet handed out in North
Waziristan over the past two days
announced the formation of the five-
member committee, saying it was
established in consultation with the
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, the
name given to the country by the
Taliban. It called on Pakistani militants
to coordinate with each other and
“avoid unwarranted killings and
kidnappings for ransom.”
“If any holy warrior is found involved
in an unjustified murder or crime, he
will be answerable to the committee
and could face Islamic punishment,”
said the pamphlet, a copy of which
was obtained by the AP.
Al-Libi, the al-Qaida commander,
asked the Pakistani militants to
provide additional fighters to the
Afghan Taliban in March, when the
snow melts from the passes
connecting Pakistan and Afghanistan
and the spring fighting season begins.
Ehsan, the Pakistani Taliban
spokesman, said the militants agreed,
but that did not mean the group would
end its fight against the Pakistani
government.
“We will continue our jihad against
Pakistani security forces,” Ehsan
pledged.

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Al-Qaida, Taliban commanders seek Pakistani militants’ help to fight US forces in Afghanistan - The Washington Post
 
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan —
Prominent al-Qaida and Afghan
Taliban fighters asked Pakistani
militants in a pair of rare meetings to
set aside their differences and step up
support for the battle against U.S.-led
forces in Afghanistan, militant
commanders said Monday.
The meetings were held in Pakistan’s
tribal region in November and
December at the request of the
Afghan Taliban’s leadership council.
They could indicate the militants are
struggling in Afghanistan, or
conversely, that they want to make
sure they hit U.S. forces hard as the
Americans accelerate their withdrawal
this year. That could give the Taliban
additional leverage in any peace
negotiations.
“For God’s sake, forget all your
differences and give us fighters to
boost the battle against America in
Afghanistan,” senior al-Qaida
commander Abu Yahya al-Libi told
Pakistani fighters at a meeting on Dec.
11, according to a militant who
attended.
Pakistani militants have long been split
over where they should focus their
fighting. The Pakistani Taliban have
concentrated on toppling their own
government, although they have sent
some fighters to Afghanistan. Other
Pakistani groups based in the tribal
region have almost exclusively
directed their attacks against foreign
forces in Afghanistan.
The Pakistani Taliban, an umbrella
organization set up in 2007 to
represent roughly 40 insurgent groups,
has also been split by infighting over
turf and leadership positions after
commanders were killed by the
Pakistani military and U.S. drone
strikes.
The group has fractured into more
than 100 smaller factions, a process
that some analysts have suggested
would take a toll on militants fighting
in Afghanistan by making it
increasingly difficult for them to find
recruits, as well as restricting territory
in Pakistan available to them.
Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah
Mehsud attended the two meetings on
Nov. 27 in Wana, the main town in
South Waziristan, and Dec. 11 in the
Datta Khel area of North Waziristan,
Pakistani Taliban spokesman
Ehsanullah Ehsan told The Associated
Press.
Other prominent Pakistani militant
leaders who attended included
Mehsud’s deputy, Waliur Rehman, and
two commanders who have focused on
fighting in Afghanistan, Maulvi Nazir
and Gul Bahadur, Ehsan said. Also
there was Sirajuddin Haqqani, an
Afghan militant based in North
Waziristan who leads one of the most
feared groups fighting in Afghanistan.
The Afghan Taliban fighters at the
meetings included Zabiullah Mujahid, a
well-known spokesman, and Maulvi
Sangin, who claims to have custody of
U.S. Army Pvt. Bowe R. Bergdahl,
captured in Afghanistan in 2009.
The four Pakistani commanders and
Haqqani agreed to form a council to
resolve differences, said two Pakistani
Taliban commanders who attended the
meetings. They spoke on condition of
anonymity because of the sensitivity of
the issue.
A pamphlet handed out in North
Waziristan over the past two days
announced the formation of the five-
member committee, saying it was
established in consultation with the
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, the
name given to the country by the
Taliban. It called on Pakistani militants
to coordinate with each other and
“avoid unwarranted killings and
kidnappings for ransom.”
“If any holy warrior is found involved
in an unjustified murder or crime, he
will be answerable to the committee
and could face Islamic punishment,”
said the pamphlet, a copy of which
was obtained by the AP.
Al-Libi, the al-Qaida commander,
asked the Pakistani militants to
provide additional fighters to the
Afghan Taliban in March, when the
snow melts from the passes
connecting Pakistan and Afghanistan
and the spring fighting season begins.
Ehsan, the Pakistani Taliban
spokesman, said the militants agreed,
but that did not mean the group would
end its fight against the Pakistani
government.
“We will continue our jihad against
Pakistani security forces,” Ehsan
pledged.

---------- Post added at 12:57 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:56 AM ----------

Al-Qaida, Taliban commanders seek Pakistani militants’ help to fight US forces in Afghanistan - The Washington Post


The least you could have done, was to re format the text you were pasting here.
 
i thought the Talibs were stronger than US according to some members here. now these Talibs are asking for help from pakistani militants.
 
They all work together. Selective counter-terrorism by some countries is laying naked in front of the whole world to watch. No sovereignty issues when terrorists of all hue and cry settle and conduct attacks from such countries but all hell will break lose if somebody tried to take them out on their own - since those countries cite their inability to take on these militants on their own.
 

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