TTP intermediary Professor Ibrahim says he has no confirmation of this decision. ILLUSTRATION: JAMAL KHURSHID
The TTP is said to have shared with government negotiators a list of Taliban ‘non-combatants’ – mostly women, children and the elderly – who they claim are in the custody of the security forces. The government has also called for the release of some high-profile figures held hostage by the TTP.
The release of ‘non-combatant’ detainees, as demanded by the TTP, has been a contentious issue from the outset – with some officials having earlier denied that security forces are even holding any non-combatants.
Sources said that the 12 prisoners government was likely to release in the next few days did not include any important commander.
TTP intermediary Professor Ibrahim said he has no confirmation of this decision and that he can only ask TTP to release prisoners held in their custody once he has the names of those released and that they were mentioned on the TTP list.
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"Good Decision,people of Pakistan need peace at any cost!" Consider a white flag.
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Excellent decision. Its always a good deal if precious lives of civilians and security forces are saved,
Nice one... Keep at it and soon they will all be back to bite us!
So how many "non combatants" have the TTP released? Pakistan has played this game before and has released prisoners without getting anything in exchange ... time to change the rules?
Good Decision,people of Pakistan need peace at any cost!
If they are non-combatants why are they locked-up? It seems the courts were not involved in the process of locking them up and therefore the courts don't need to be involved in their release. Is this in line with the justice system, that is the real question.
Non-combatants.......and TTP.......like fixing a square peg into a round hole.