Pakistan News And Discussion-12

[Naresh]

<b>New security force fails to garner recruits</b> <!--emo&:flush--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/Flush.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='Flush.gif' /><!--endemo-->

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><i>* Local Taliban have warned tribesman against enlisting</i>

ISLAMABAD : The government’s plan to create a 2,800-strong paramilitary force in the tribal areas bordering Afghanistan seems unlikely to succeed because people from the area are unwilling to join the force, sources in the Interior Ministry told Daily Times on Saturday.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->However, Interior Ministry officials are questioning whether the new force would be able to maintain peace in the tribal region where around 80,000 army troops, over 30,000 Frontier Constabulary personnel and paramilitary forces such as the Mohmand Rifles, Bajaur Scouts, Mahsud Scouts, Tochi Scouts have already failed to deliver.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

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