Musharraf offers to pull troops back from Afghan border
Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf has told tribal chiefs that he would pull troops out of a restive region on the Afghan border if they expelled foreign militants and ended their militancy. Musharraf, speaking to a jirga or council of tribal elders in the northwestern city of Peshawar, also promised development projects provided peace was maintained, the state-run Associated Press of Pakistan said. “I am ready to sanction any mega project (in the region) if the people cooperate with the government in its endeavour to purge their areas from the elements of terror and extremism,” he said on Wednesday. Full Story