Tuesday, February 17, 2009

NATO expresses concern over Swat Shariah treaty

Feb 17, 2009

NATO on Tuesday expressed concern after the NWFP government signed a pact with Sufi Muhammad, chief of TNSM, to introduce Islamic law in the northwestern Swat valley in a bid to take the steam out of a Taliban uprising there. "We would all be concerned by a situation in which extremists would have safe haven," NATO spokesman James Appathurai told a news briefing. "It is certainly reason for concern.

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