Over 2,000 Afghan Refugees Ready to Join TalibanOver 2,000 Afghan refugees in Haripur city, around 40 kilometers north of Islamabad, are ready to join Taliban forces within the next few days should the U.S.- led coalition launch a ground offensive against the Muslim regime, according to a leading Pakistani English paper daily Dawn on Thursday.The newspaper quoted sources close to the Haripur-based Afghan Clerics' Council as saying that over 2,000 trained Afghan youngsters had got their names registered for the Holy War against the U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan. The refugees have expressed their resolve to stand by the Taliban regime, following a religious decree issued by the Taliban supreme leader Mullah Mohammed Omar exhorting the Muslims all over the world to wage Holy War against the United States. "They all are well trained in warfare and know how to deal with enemy", said a member of the council when he was asked to comment on the ground attacks expected to be launched against the Taliban regime. According to Dawn, the Haripur-based Afghan Clerics' Council would send the reinforcement in groups, comprising 200 holy warriors each, clandestinely. However, the newspaper said, the local administration has finalized a plan to tackle with such a situation effectively. It said heavy contingents of police and frontier constabulary personnel had been deployed near the camps where the 2,000 Afghans lived. |
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