Experiments: He said the Taliban were trying to replicate the same model in Pakistan they had experimented in Afghanistan. “Mullah Omar could become ameerul momeneen after the failure of the Afghan state and that is what they are trying to do in Pakistan,” he warned. “Those who support them for ‘strategic reasons’ should think 100 times before going ahead with this policy,” Khattak said, but did not elaborate.
Asked how he views the US incursions in South Waziristan, the peace envoy said Afghanistan had long been ‘complaining’ against “sanctuaries of militants on Pakistan’s soil”. “The real problem is that we have not taken those complaints seriously. We face a serious situation and we have to deal with it seriously,” Khattak, who also heads the ruling Awami National Party at the provincial level, said.
“While we are justifiably sensitive to US incursions into our territory, we should be equally sensitive to the loss of sovereignty to the militants in FATA.” “A myth has been created that the violence we have is because we support the US. This duality has created the problem. Militant sanctuaries should be disbanded. They are the root cause,” Khattak said.
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