Pakistan will only hold peace talks with Taliban insurgents if they lay down their arms first, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Tuesday.
“The minimum agenda is that they give up arms and come forward and then there will be talks. But if they think they will keep Kalashnikovs in their hands and also hold talks, that will not happen,” he told reporters.
Both sides have indicated recently that they were open to talks.
The Tehrik-e-Taliban, have been waging a campaign of attacks across the country to retaliate US. involvement in the region.
A series of army offensives against militant strongholds along the mountainous border with Afghanistan have been done.
Most Pakistani now that Tehrik-e-Taliban are not about peace they will not lay down their arms. The Pakistani government needs to take decive action against this terrorist group. Yes terrorist group, some Pakistani are on cloud 9 thinking they are not terrorist group. Failure to take action will results putting Pakistan into the same economic situation as Afganistan, one the Worlds poorest country. Don't forget Pakistan what the Taliban did in Afganistan recently they pretended to negotiate peace but they came with a bomb in their turbin. This writer is a Pakistani not a Foreigner as some Pakistani like to make accuses to denie the truth.
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