ISLAMABAD, (The News): Director General Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Athar Abbas has out rightly rejected the (baseless) fears that Taliban could storm Islamabad.
Talking to a US news agency, he said it is impossible for a band of only 200 Taliban, who had come to Buner, to storm the capital also. No doubt Buner is situated within a radius of 100 miles from the federal capital. The threat could not be measured in terms of distance, rather it has to be measured in terms of capability and counter capabilities, he said.
There is a huge presence of law enforcement agencies in the aforementioned area. It is only ridiculous and rubbish to say that Taliban are threatening Islamabad, he added.
There are some splinter groups, not even in control of Maulana Fazlullah or Sufi Muhammad, are creating problems. But the government is very confident that it would be able to deliver and enforce the peace agreement. He said there are not more than 50 Taliban in Buner district, who have been recruited by Swati Taliban, left behind after the pulling out of Taliban. After the agreement they were supposed to lay down their arms. If remained adamant the trouble-makers would be expelled from the area by the security forces, he said.
The government and Army were trying its best to honour the peace deal inked with Tehrik Nifaz Shariat Muhammadi (TNSM). Hopefully, some problems would be overcome and militants would lay down their arms and stop fighting. The law enforcement agencies are also determined to bring peace and normalcy in the valley.
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