By Hasan Khan
2010-03-19
ISLAMABAD – The Pakistani government has demanded that Afghanistan hand over wanted Baloch terrorism (Baloch political Refuges in afganistan) suspects living in Afghanistan in return for Mullah Baradar and other Taliban leaders arrested in Pakistan.
Highly reliable intelligence sources told Central Asia Online March 19 that Pakistan has asked Afghanistan to expel Brahamdagh Bugti, Durkhan Marri, Riaz Gul and Rahimo Bugti, all of whom are said to be in Afghanistan.
They are all wanted in Pakistan on charges of committing acts of terror in Balochistan.
Pakistan contends that the men have taken refuge in Afghanistan and are using the country as a base to launch terrorist attacks in Balochistan.
Pakistan arrested Baradar — the Taliban’s No 2 man — in Karachi in February. It also captured other key Taliban members — including Mullah Amir Mohammad, Mullah Abdul Salaam, and reportedly Mullah Kabir.
Soon after those arrests, the Afghan government demanded that Pakistan hand them over to Kabul for trial.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Interior Minister Hanif Atmar have since talked to top Pakistani political and military leaders about the extraditions.
Pakistan initially expressed a willingness to extradite the detainees to Afghanistan; however, a Pakistani provincial court ordered the government to comply with legal and constitutional formalities before performing any extraditions.
Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, addressing a March 14 joint press conference with Karzai, said Islamabad would hand over the Taliban leaders to Kabul after fulfilling legal formalities.
http://www.centralasiaonline.com/cocoon/caii/xhtml/en_GB/features/caii/features/pakistan/2010/03/19/feature-03
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