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| Wednesday, 7 April 2004 |
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Pakistan offers safe passage to Al-Qaeda fugitives PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Tuesday (AFP) Pakistani provincial governor offered "safe passage" to Al-Qaeda fighters hiding among unruly tribes along the rugged Afghan border, as he renewed an amnesty offer. "If the foreign terrorists want to leave Pakistani territory then we are ready to provide safe passage to them," North West Frontier Province governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain told an assembly of 200 tribal elders in the provincial capital Peshawar. "Our amnesty offers still stands and once again we assure that anyone who lays down his arms and surrenders before authorities will not be handed over to any other country." Since the onset of spring Pakistani authorities have stepped up efforts to eradicate Al-Qaeda fugitives from its semi-automous tribal belt bordering Afghanistan, as US and Afghan forces block escape points on the other side. |
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