April 25, 2008	Friday	Rabi-us-Sani 18, 1429

KABUL, April 24: Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta said on Thursday that any peace deal between Pakistan and Taliban fighters would only fail and terrorism should instead be tackled globally.

“We believe that any efforts by any country in our region to have a separate peace deal with international terrorism, such efforts will fail,” Mr Spanta told reporters.

“Past experiences have proved that such efforts will only result in those who make such efforts becoming the victims,” he said.

A peace deal between Pakistan and tribes in the tribal regions of North Waziristan in September 2006 was criticised in Kabul, where officials said it resulted in an increase in attacks in Afghanistan. That deal was broken after Pakistani troops stormed Islamabad’s Red Mosque to evict militants, leaving 100 dead.—AFP