Pakistan Taliban (Zafarullah Khan/AFP/Getty Images)Pakistan: Spy Chiefs Look At New Strategy To Fight Taliban -- AKI-Adnkronos
Karachi, 24 Oct. (AKI) - By Syed Saleem Shahzad - A dinner hosted by the Saudi King Abdullah for former Taliban leaders and members of the Islamic militant group, Hezb-E-Islami, in Mecca in September sought a solution to the recent resurgence of Taliban terrorism in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
But well-placed sources have told Adnkronos International that the success of the dinner was confined to the quality of the delicious Arab cuisine.
Militants with real firepower in Afghanistan and Pakistan all refused to lay down their weapons. Now a jirga or tribal meeting will bring together Afghani MPs and Pakistani leaders in Islamabad early next week, as the new head of Pakistan's intelligence services, Lt. General Ahmed Shuja Pasha, meets CIA director Michael Hayden in Washington to discuss the escalation of the conflict.
The Pakistani Parliament has voted in favour of a gradual withdrawal of security forces from the tribal areas and emphasised the need for dialogue, as a US predator drone once again struck North Waziristan and killed several people.
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My Comment: A new policy???? .... It seems that their new policy is to surrender.