3,000 foreign militants regrouping in N Waziristan
Sunday, July 11, 2010
ISLAMABAD: Over 3,000 foreign militants, including Uzbek nationals led by militant commander Qari Usman Jan, have started regrouping in North Waziristan Agency but a decisive action against them would be launched only after purging Kurram and Orakzai tribal regions of the militants, it was learnt here on Saturday.
“Earlier, these militants were led by renowned Uzbek militant Tahir Yuldash, who had settled in Fata after 9/11 and was killed in a US drone strike,” a source in the troubled region told The News via telephone, requesting anonymity.
Tahir Yuldash, the leader of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, first gained prominence in Uzbekistan and abroad in the early 1990s when the Soviet Union was on the brink of disintegration and the Central Asian republics were getting their first taste of the values promoted by Western democracies.
The source said that the Uzbek militants had established themselves in the tribal region of Pakistan during the lifetime of Tahir Yuldash and now different areas of North Waziristan had become a hub of various militant groups, including Uzbeks, Tajiks and Arabs.
“An extremely dangerous scenario is now emerging because the militant group led by Qari Hussain, who is considered the master trainer of suicide bombers in Pakistan, has also established contacts with the foreign militants in North Waziristan,” he disclosed.
According to the source, the militant and extremist groups, which consider that the Pakistan government is closer to the United States than Almighty Allah, are now planning to unleash a new wave of terror in Pakistan to achieve their nefarious designs.
3,000 foreign militants regrouping in N Waziristan
3,000 foreign militants regrouping in N Waziristan
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