Tribesmen plan anti-Taliban strategy
PESHAWAR (Online) – Tribal leaders will discuss a strategy Saturday to end support for militants, their biggest gathering since the US invaded Afghanistan in 2001 and removed the Taliban from power.
At least 3,000 elders representing the 20 largest tribes in North West Frontier Province and the Federally Administered Tribal…
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