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According to reports, US Special Envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan Marc Grossman will arrive in Pakistan later this week to review ongoing efforts to end the conflict in the war-torn region by reaching out to the Taliban. Grossman will visit Islamabad during the weekend in a bid to gradually mend the otherwise troubled ties between the two countries. He is scheduled to meet civil and military authorities to discuss Pak-US relations as well as the current situation in Afghanistan.1
In another development, reports noted that incensed by the attack on teenage child activist Malal Yousafzai, a local jirga has declared war on Taliban until the elimination of militancy from the picturesque valley. “The attack on Malala Yousafzai and other girls was a cowardly act which should be condemned on every platform,” Saifullah Khan, the chairperson of the Nepkikhel Aman Jirga, told a news conference at Swat Press Club on October 13, 2012.2
- 1. “Afghan endgame: US envoy Grossman to visit Islamabad later this week”, The Express Tribune”, October 18, 2012 at http://tribune.com.pk/story/453193/afghan-endgame-us-envoy-grossman-to-v...
- 2. “Incensed by Malala attack, Jirga declares war on Taliban”, The Express Tribune, October 14, 2012 at http://tribune.com.pk/story/451284/incensed-by-malala-attack-jirga-decla...