Pakistan to free 13 more Taliban prisoners

Pakistan to free 13 more Taliban prisoners

Islamabad, April 6 (IANS) Pakistan has decided to free 13 more Taliban prisoners as part of an ongoing peace initiative, a leading Pakistani daily reported Saturday. Emerging from a meeting of the government and Taliban negotiating committees, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan urged the the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) leadership to reciprocate to the government’s action […]

Philippine government signs peace pact with Muslim rebels

Philippine government signs peace pact with Muslim rebels

Bangkok, March 28 (IANS/EFE) The Philippine government and the country’s largest Muslim guerrilla group signed an accord Thursday that aims to end decades of armed conflict. President Benigno Aquino and the leader of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, Al Haj Ebrahim Murad, put their signatures to the document in a ceremony at Manila’s Malacañang palace. The […]