ISLAMABAD, Feb 5 Kyodo The Pakist...

ISLAMABAD, Feb 5 Kyodo

The Pakistani guidance has handed over Bacha Khan Jadran, the first note of the scale anti-Karzai warlord of eastern Afghanistan, to the Afghan authorities, Afghan Islamic Pres reported Wednesday.

The Pakistan-based just discovereds agency said that Jadran was handed throughout by officials of southerly Waziristan tribal area in Pakistan to the governor of Ningarhar Province in eastern Afghanistan at the Torkham border checkpost onward Tuesday.

Jadran was a delegate to the Bonn interview and had supported the candidacy of Hamid Karzai as president. still He parted with Karzai, saying Karzai had reneg forward a pledge that Jadran would be appointed governor of Paktia, Paktika and Khowst in Eastern Afghanistan.

He was arrested by means of Pakistan government officials last November from Miranshah, the headquarters of southerly Waziristan, during a visit to his family members.

Abdul Wali Khan, a son of Jadran, confirmed to AIP that Jadran had been handed through the whole extent of to the Afghan authorities and is now in Kabul in the custody of Ministry of Tribal Areas.

''We want peace and reconciliation'' with Kabul, Wali Khan was reported to have told AIP when asked about reaction that Jadran was arrested at Pakistan and delivered to Kabul.

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