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Pakistani Taliban leader open to talks, won't disarmAFP PESHAWAR, Pakistan--Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud said his organization could be open to talks with Islamabad in a video released Friday, but poured scorn on the idea his men would give up their guns.
December 30, 2012, 12:11 am TWN Mehsud, who has a US$5 million U.S. government bounty on his head, said the militant group would consider negotiations with the Pakistani government but only if it abandoned ties with Washington. The tape emerged after a spate of high-profile attacks claimed by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) around the northwestern city of Peshawar in recent weeks, including the assassination of senior provincial politician Bashir Bilour.
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