300 Indonesian Volunteers Arrive in Pakistan: Islamic MovementMore than 300 Indonesian volunteers has arrived in Pakistan and held a meeting near border with Afghanistan, the Islamic Youth Movement (GPI) told reporters Monday in Jakarta.Five of the volunteers were sent from Jakarta, and 300 others departed from neighboring Malaysia three days ago, said Iqbal Siregar, chairman of the GPI Jakarta chapter. He said the volunteers had been involved in the war in Afghanistan during 1980s. GPI will soon send another 50 volunteers to Afghanistan as a jihad (holy war) fighters, Siregar was quoted by the Detikcom online news service as saying. Earlier Monday, GPI Chairman Suaib Bidu told reporters that about 3,125 volunteers are scheduled to leave here for Afghanistan this week as jihad fighters. |
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