AFGHANISTAN - Oct. 19 - Taliban To Fight Long War.The Taliban's envoy envoy: see diplomatic service. Envoy - Motorola's integrated personal wireless communicator. Envoy is a personal digital assistant which incorporates two-way wireless and wireline communication. to Pakistan Mullah mullah Muslim title applied to a scholar or religious leader, especially in the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent. It means “lord” and has also been used in North Africa as an honorific attached to the name of a king, sultan, or member of the nobility. Abdul Salam Zaeef Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef, born 1968 in Kandahar, was the Taliban ambassador to Pakistan before the US invasion of Afghanistan. He was crippled during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. says: "We know this is going to be a long war, therefore we are going to safeguard our ammunition. Of course we have had a number of military casualties, but our capabilities are strong: this is a war of beliefs, and our beliefs are very strong. We have always said this is a war between Islam and the west and we have invited all Muslims to join us... Our techniques are the techniques of patience". He denies that there are any splits within the leadership and specifically rebuts claims that FM Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil Wakil Ahmad Mutawakil (born circa 1971) was the last Foreign Minister in the Taliban government of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.[1] Prior to this he served as spokesman and secretary to Mullah Mohammed Omar, leader of the Taliban. has either visited Pakistan on a secret peace mission or defected, adding: "It's absolutely a lie, it is not true; he has not come to Pakistan. There are no divisions within the Taliban. There are no moderate Talibans. We all follow the views of our leader". He says Taliban representatives in Islamabad "may possibly" hold talks with the Pakistan authorities but he denies he has returned from Kandahar with any fresh peace or negotiating proposals. He repeats the refusal to hand over Osama Bin Ladin, saying: "The Osama issue is a faith issue, and we are not going to change our faith for anyone". He laughs off suggestions that either the Taliban or Bin Ladin's Al Qaeda network are responsible for the spate of letters containing anthrax anthrax (ăn`thrăks), acute infectious disease of animals that can be secondarily transmitted to humans. It is caused by a bacterium (Bacillus anthracis delivered to senior journalists and politicians in the US. |
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