ISLAMABAD: Pakistan would contact the Interpol for the handing over of Maulvi Faqir Mohammad, a senior commander of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) recently captured in Afghanistan, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Saturday.
The Taliban commander was arrested by Afghan security forces during a raid in Nangarhar province of Afghanistan on Monday and Pakistan on Thursday had asked Afghan government to extradite the militant commander as has been involved in various terrorists activities in Pakistan.
On the issue of dialogue with the TTP, Malik said the Pakistani Taliban had been speaking of holding talks with the government but did not appear serious on the matter.
Meanwhile, he advised the TTP to adopt the path of peace and to constitute a team which could be delegated the task of holding a dialogue with the government.
The federal minister further said that the armed forces and intelligence agencies were doing an outstanding job and requested political leaders to refrain from suggesting intelligence failures in the wake of terrorist attacks.
Malik said the principal target of the insurgents was Islamabad and added that the government would act with full force against those involved in terrorist activities in Balochistan.
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