Summary Says the delegation was leaving tomorrow to hold talks with Taliban.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - Federal Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ahmad Khan has said that the US drone strike in Dande Darpakhel area of North Waziristan is a conspiracy to sabotage process of peace talk with Taliban.
He said that it had been decided by the government that a delegation would be sent on Saturday to initiate the process of dialogue with Taliban.
It is worth mentioning here that four missiles were fired on a compound in Dandae Darpakhel area of Miranshah, killing TTP chief Hakimullah Mehsud and four others.
Sources further said that the compound was completely destroyed as an important meeting of the Pakistani Taliban was ongoing when the missiles hit the compound.
Another key Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commander Abdullah and Tariq Mehsud, a personal guard of the TTP chief were also killed in the attack, sources confirmed.
Earlier, the government of Pakistan had also strongly condemned the US drone strikes. "These strikes are a violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
There is an across the board consensus in Pakistan that these drone strikes must end." the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had stated.
It is pertinent to mention here that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif pressed President Barack Obama to end the attacks in a visit to the White House last week, but the US considers the attacks vital to its battle against al-Qaida and the Taliban and gave no indication it was willing to abandon them.
