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KP seeks talks between tribesmen on both sides of Durand Line to end militancy

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government seeks to engage tribesmen living on both sides of the Durand Line to end militancy and ensure peace in the region.
Adviser to the KP chief minister on information Muhammad Ali Saif said on Thursday that the provincial government was preparing terms of reference for holding talks with tribesmen, Dawn newspaper reported.
The draft would be sent to the federal government for approval due to the “complex” nature of bilateral relationship between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
“After the approval of TORs, a delegation comprising tribal, religious and political leader will be sent to Afghanistan to hold talks with the tribesmen living across the border,” Saif said in a statement issued by his office.
“The delegations will be sent to Afghanistan after approval from the federal government and talks will only be held with other tribesmen,” he added.
“There will never be any talks with militants.” He said the negotiations between tribesmen would “provide a strong base” for ending the decades-long violence.
Pakistani officials have repeatedly claimed that attacks in the country are planned in Afghanistan. The Islamic Emirate, however, has denied the claim, saying Afghanistan is not responsible for Pakistan’s “security failure”.
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IEA condemns the attack on Darul Uloom Haqqania in Pakistan

The Islamic Emirate in a statement on Friday strongly condemned the attack on Darul Uloom Haqqania seminary in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which resulted in the death of Hamid-ul-Haq Haqqani, the deputy administrator of the seminary.
According to the statement issued by IEA’s spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, the “martyrdom” of Hamid-ul-Haq Haqqani is described as a “great loss for scholarly and religious institutions.”
The Islamic Emirate also expressed condolences to Hamid-ul-Haq Haqqani’s family, friends, and students.
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Suicide bombing at Pakistan Islamic seminary kills six

A suicide bomber killed six worshippers during Friday prayers at an Islamic seminary in northwestern Pakistan.
The head of the religious school was among those killed, said provincial government spokesman Muhammad Ali Saif.
The dead man, Maulana Hamid-ul-Haq, was the son of the late Maulana Sami-ul-Haq.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
The attacker, wearing an explosive-laden suicide vest, walked up to Haq as he was leaving a mosque on the premises of the Darul Uloom Haqqania seminary, his brother Maulana Abdul Haq said.
“Maulana Hamid-ul-Haq… died on the spot and around two dozen people were injured in the blast,” he said.
Regional police officer Najeebur Rahman said earlier that several people were wounded.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned the bombing, and expressed sorrow over Haq’s death, in a statement issued by his office.
(Reuters)
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Landslide in Uruzgan claims six lives

Six people died in a landslide in Afghanistan’s southern Uruzgan province late last night, local officials said on Friday.
Bilal Uruzgani, spokesman for the Uruzgan police, told Ariana News that the incident occurred in the village of Sarmuri in the Gizab district of the province.
Women and children are also among the dead in the landslide which buried a house, he said.
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