Pakistani Taliban leader sending fighters to Afghanistan

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May 25, 2008

KOTKAI, Pakistan — Pakistan's top Taliban leader said Saturday that he is sending fighters to battle U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

Addressing reporters invited to a hideout in South Waziristan, Baitullah Mehsud said his group "sincerely wants" peace talks with the new Pakistani government to succeed. But he said the holy war would continue until U.S. forces leave Afghanistan.

Curbs on Musharraf? The senior party in Pakistan's ruling coalition unveiled a package of constitutional reforms aimed at sharply reducing President Pervez Musharraf's powers. The president no longer would have the power to dissolve parliament or appoint provincial governors and the head of the military. Asif Ali Zardari, head of the Pakistan People's Party, said the reforms would be put before lawmakers by late June.

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