INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Khan Gandapur said on Thursday that he had requested the authorities for permission to hold talks
with the Afghan government for peace in the province.&If my request is not considered, I, as the chief minister of KP, will lead our tribal
elders to Afghanistan for a dialogue with the interim government,& Gandapur told a tribal jirga at the Chief Minister&s House on Thursday,
according to an official statement, Dawn newspaper reported.The chief minister said peace in the province was linked to a peaceful
Afghanistan.He stressed the need for a clear policy and timeline to eliminate militancy.&I&ll soon call a meeting of the provincial apex
committee on this matter,& he said.Gandapur urged authorities to take people on board before launching any military offensive against
militancy and said no war could be won without the people&s support.Pakistani officials have repeatedly claimed that the attacks in this
country are orchestrated in Afghanistan and the Islamic Emirate should hand over the TTP leaders to Islamabad.The Islamic Emirate, however,
rejected these claims and said that Afghanistan is not responsible for Pakistan&s &security failure&.The post Khyber Pakhtunkhwa CM wants to
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