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Pakistani Taliban chief vows fight for Sharia




    "We have accepted Allah's writ and his power, and the Pakistan army, intelligence agencies and government must also accept Allah's writ," said Mullah Fazlullah while addressing a group of about two dozen fighters.




    "Those fighters who are with us, they are there. But those who have fallen out of contact, they should be in contact with their district commanders. Every fighter should prepare themselves to face tanks, artillery and army camps," Fazlullah said, in an apparent call to arms.

    "Our jihad will continue until that moment that either Sharia is established, or we embrace martyrdom."




    "There is a serious rift among the Taliban," he said. "The Pakistani government is saying that as there is a split, any group that does not want to talk will be isolated." 


    On Friday, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, the interior minister, said that the next meeting between the two sides would be "result-oriented".

    "The government has just one agenda: that there should be peace according to Pakistan’s law and constitution," he said at a press conference.


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    SOURCE: Al Jazeera


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