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LONDON - President Pervez Musharraf described Pakistan as a "key ally in combating terrorism and extremism" as he emerged from Downing Street talks with Gordon Brown.
The President dismissed British complaints that the Taleban military leadership continued to operate out of the Pakistani city of Quetta. "We don't accept that at all," he said during a meeting with journalists yesterday morning at the Dorchester Hotel. He insisted that the ousted Taleban leader from Afghanistan, Mullah Omar, "Never came to Pakistan. Why would he come here now?"
Unrest in the northwestern tribal areas along the Afghan border was underscored yesterday by a school siege near the town of Bannu, which ended peacefully when six gunmen gave themselves up.
No one was harmed.
- Independent
