Drone kills TTP No.2 | TTP withdraws talk offer

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Re: Drone kills TTP No.2 | TTP rejects report

@Amal

Sharif should come up with a principle stand that Pakistan strongly condemns and opposes drone attacks. Call the US ambassador to lodge official protest and tell the Taliban that if they want to avenge the latest blow they received, they should send someone to the US. Sharif should also tell the Taliban that the state sincerely wants to settle issues with them, but if they resort to violence, the state will respond with full force.

Unfortunately, the state never had this aim in mind. Even during Musharraf’s era, Pakistan’s concern was only to remove foreign fighters. We never intended to fight with Taliban till their end. Neither military nor the public.
Remember the time when around 100 Pakistan soldiers SURRENDERED in front of Taliban. They simply handed over their weapons, instead of fighting their brethren. Can anyone believe that 100 trained soldiers could be KIDNAPPED without putting up a fight?

oklahoman.com: Local News, Politics & Sports in Oklahoma City, OK

Islamic militants ambushed a large convoy of military vehicles in troubled northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, kidnapping more than 100 soldiers after seizing their weapons, officials said.