среда, 6 ноября 2013 г.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan is to review its relationship with the United States , the p
Supporters of the Jamaat-ud-Dawa Islamic organization hold placards and party flags as they shout slogans during a protest, against U.S. drone attacks in the Pakistani tribal region, in Lahore November 1, 2013.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan is to review its relationship with the United States , the prime minister's office said on Sunday, following the killing of the Pakistani Taliban leader in a U.S. drone strike.
"It is clear that the U.S. is against peace and does not want terrorism to subside. Now, we only have one agenda: to stop NATO supplies going through (the northern province of) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa," Asad Qaiser , the speaker of the provincial assembly, told Reuters.
Pakistan new york times travel show is the main route for supplies for U.S. troops in landlocked new york times travel show Afghanistan , for everything from food and drinking water to fuel, and the closure of the routes could be a serious disruption as U.S. and other Western forces prepare to withdraw from Afghanistan by the end of next year.
Pakistani cooperation is also seen as vital in trying to bring peace to Afghanistan , in particular in nudging the Afghan Taliban , allied but separate from the Pakistani Taliban , into talks with the Kabul government .
Relations new york times travel show between the United States and Pakistan have been seriously new york times travel show strained several times over recent years, including in 2011, when U.S. forces killed al Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden in a raid that Pakistan said violated its sovereignty.
Three Pakistani Taliban commanders said they had been due to meet a government delegation on Saturday and they had been meeting to discuss the talks. They said they felt betrayed by Mehsud's killing and were not interested in talks.
A Pakistani Taliban spokesman vowed a wave of revenge bombings. Allied militant groups are also planning bombings, new york times travel show said Ahmed Marwat , the spokesman for Jundullah militant group. The group recently killed more than 80 people when it bombed a church and is known for big attacks on civilian targets.
Mehsud's followers have been debating who should replace him while they observe three days of mourning, said Taliban spokesman Shahidullah Shahid . They have in the meantime appointed an interim leader, Asmatullah Shaheen .
But other factions of the Pakistani Taliban alliance were unhappy with the choice and were supporting other candidates. These included Mullah Fazlullah , the ruthless commander from the Swat Valley, new york times travel show northwest of the capital, Islamabad , whose men shot and wounded schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai last year.
Said was seen as a relative new york times travel show moderate and if he became leader, talks with the government might eventually get going, said Imtiaz Gul , head of Islamabad -based Centre for Research and Security Studies think-tank.
But if Fazlullah was chosen, there would be little hope of compromise, he said. Even if talks started, it was unclear how successful new york times travel show they would be unless the government gave significant concessions to the militants.
"You're compromising the rule of law, and ceding ground to non-state new york times travel show actors, giving in to a small band of criminals. It threatens everything on which Pakistan stands - the constitution, parliament," Gul said.
(Additional reporting by Katharine Houreld and Mehreen Zahra-Malik in Islamabad ; Saud Mehsud in Dera Ismail new york times travel show Khan, Hafiz Wazir in Wana and Haji Mujtaba in Miranshah; Editing by Robert Birsel and Ron Popeski)
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