Lashkar accuses Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa legislators of supporting Taliban
March 5th, 2011 - 2:12 pm ICT by ANI
Peshawar, Mar 5(ANI): A tribal militia fighting the Taliban in the Adezai outskirts of Peshawar has accused local legislators of supporting the Taliban, and threatened to stop its fight if the government does not issue ration and ammunition to the militia within a week.
The Awami National Party is the ruling party in the Pakistani province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
Adezai Qaumi Lashkar chief Dilawar Khan told a press conference that the government had “an ambiguous policy” about the Taliban in Adezai.
“The local MPA and MNA of Awami National Party do not support the volunteers of Lashkar against the Taliban as they don’t belong to their party,” the Dawn quoted Khan, as saying.
“The government on one hand deploys police, anti-terrorist squad, elite force and Frontier Constabulary and uses Lashkar against militants, but on the other it registers cases against the volunteers whenever they capture any militant in the area,” he added.
Khan said that at the time of the formation of Lashkar, Capital City Police Officer Dr Suleman and former commissioner Azam Khan had assured them that they would be provided with ration, arms and ammunition. “But the commitment has yet to materialised,” Khan said.
He said that some weapons were provided to them, but the volunteers were short of ammunition and ration.
“The volunteers were forced to sell their properties and buy ammunition,” he added.
Khan expressed fear that the Taliban could enter Peshawar if volunteers of Lashkar stopped resisting them. (ANI)
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