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Wednesday, August 30, 2006

 

Karzai condoles with rebel chief’s family

 
KABUL: Afghanistan Tuesday offered condolences to the family of a Pakistani rebel tribal chief killed in a military operation in the neighboring southwestern province of Baluchistan.

The death of Nawab Akbar Bugti on the weekend in the restive Pakistani province, that borders Afghanistan, triggered days of riots by angry supporters.  “We regret his death and we offer our condolences to the family of late Bugti,” said a spokesman for Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

Speaking at a press conference, spokesman Mohammad Karim Rahimi described Bugti as an “influential, famous Baluch tribal leader.”

Bugti was killed in a military assault on a mountain hideout on Saturday. Supporters in Baluchistan set ablaze several buildings and exploded homemade bombs in the provincial capital Tuesday after his funeral prayers.

Bugti, an ethnic Baluch, who was in his eighties, was a controversial but powerful figure who dominated Baluch politics for decades.

He led a campaign for greater Baluch control over the region’s gas resources. The insurgency has left hundreds of people dead since 2004.
--AFP

   
 

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