Court Blocks Extradition of Top Afghan Taliban Commonders

[DR MEHMOODZAI]

Pakistani Court Blocks Extradition of Top Afghan Taliban Commander

A Pakistani court has blocked the extradition of at least five captured Afghan Taliban leaders, including top Taliban commander Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar.

Judge Khawaja Mohammad Sharif issued the order Friday after Islamist rights activist Khalid Khawaja filed a petition with the high court in Lahore. The judge said the militants should not be handed over to any other country.

One day earlier, the Afghan government said Pakistan had agreed to send Mullah Baradar and other militants to Afghanistan.

The Afghan president's office said Thursday that Pakistan had agreed to give up the militants in exchange for the return of Pakistani prisoners.

Pakistani security forces captured Mullah Baradar in a joint operation with U.S. agents. Pakistan also detained several other top Taliban members in recent weeks.

The United States has urged Pakistan to crack down on Afghan Taliban militants who use northwestern Pakistan as a base for attacks on U.S.-led forces in neighboring Afghanistan.

 

[sshahid]

This is an excellent news. If those arrested have any charges, they should only be tried in Pakistan with fair trial instead of handing over to Afghanistan, who as a puppet will give them over to US.

 

[GeoG]

Two questions if anyone can shed some light on it:

Do we have an extradition treaty with US or with Afghanistan?
Can we hand over a third country's citizen to US?

 

[gazoomartian]

Two questions if anyone can shed some light on it:

Do we have an extradition treaty with US or with Afghanistan?
Can we hand over a third country's citizen to US?

You dont need any extr treaty with the US. If they ask, Islamabad will not say NO, how ever they could ask for $$