Pakistan, Iran to enhance anti-terror cooperation

[Turborama]

Source: Pakistan Observer

Sharafat Kazmi -

Saturday, September 4, 2010 -

Islamabad—Pakistan and Iran have agreed to enhance anti terror cooperation while Iranian Interior Minister Mustafa Ahmed Najar urged the Muslim Countries of the world to come forward to provide assistance to the flood-affected people of Pakistan and reiterated that Iran would continue flood-relief assistance at this critical time.

On Friday the Iranian Minister along with his delegation met Interior Minister Rehman Malik at the Interior Ministry.

Interior Secretary Qamar uz Zaman Ch, Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan Mashallah Shakri along with other security officials from both sides attended the meeting

Sources told that during the course of the meeting the two sides agreed to enhance anti terror cooperation and also discussed Pak-Iran border situation, improvement in Intelligence sharing system and stopping of illegal border crossing.

Read more: http://pakobserver.net/detailnews.asp?id=50641

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'Pakistan Taliban has no support'
Foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi says the Taliban has lost 'complete credibility' in his country.

A day after the United States designated the Tehrik-e-Taliban or Taliban Movement in Pakistan (TTP) as a "foreign terrorist organisation," elevating the group's international profile, Pakistan's foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi told Al Jazeera that the group has lost "complete credibility" in his country.

Qureshi's remarks on Thursday came less than 24 hours after a bombing targeted a procession of Shia Muslims in the Pakistani city of Lahore, killing at least 33 people and wounding 170 others.

Rehman Malik, the country's interior minister, blamed the TTP for the attack.

Public opinion surveys show little support for the TTP, Qureshi said, and even residents of Pakistan's tribal northwest - a home base for Al Qaeda, the Taliban and other armed groups - do not support them.

"You don't need mass support to carry out a terrorist action," he said.

Full article: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2010/09/201092192038679272.html

(I'll have a look for the interview and add it, for anyone who's interested.)

Related news: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4525979">U.S. offers $5 million reward for Pakistani Taliban leaders & designates Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan, two of its leaders as global terrorist threats

ETA For more on what's been going on in Pakistan since the floods began, check out my journal - even the archives are quite recent: http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Turborama

[OhioChick]

1. Actually, this is a good thing...

Countries coming together to work against terrorism.

[Turborama]

2. Yes, if only Bushco had accepted Iran's offer of assistance against the Taliban & Al Qaeda

How Neo-Cons Sabotaged Iran's Help on al Qaeda
http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=32249