Mujahideen Shura Council (Afghanistan)

Operating chiefly in Waziristan and the FATA, the Mujahideen Shura Council[1] was a “10-member committee of tribal elders, clerics and administration officials” set up to negotiate processes between the Pakistani government and Taliban forces.[2][3]

It was founded in June 2003, following an audiotape released by Mullah Omar granting the leadership legitimacy.[4]

Members
gollark: Which makes sense, since it's the lizards spying on us from on top of the dome above the hexagonal Earth.
gollark: They just say "but TERRORISM" to shut down any critical reasoning about it and paint anyone who disagrees as *unpatriotic* and *eeeevil*.
gollark: Wikipedia notes misuse of *non-*mass surveillance in past. Spying on everyone and everything they do online will make it worse.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_surveillance_in_the_United_States
gollark: Oh, this too:- ignoring relevant laws and gathering data anyway until new laws can retroactively allow it- getting around limits on spying on citizens by sharing data with other "Five Eyes" nations and spying on them as foreigners
gollark: Well, it's pretty known that they do go around intercepting lots of stuff. There are many problems with this:- having private data like your internet traffic stored somewhere is kind of bad in itself.- if it's not abused yet it's basically only a matter of time.- there's no transparency anywhere and even a system of secret courts to judge things- it may help slightly to stop terrorists (no transparency so we can't check really) but is just a massive breach of privacy

References
  1. Asia Times Online :: South Asia news - The knife at Pakistan's throat
  2. Hughes, Gregory T. USA vs. Khadr affidavit Archived 2009-03-05 at the Wayback Machine, November 23, 2005
  3. ThreatsWatch.Org: InBrief: Pakistan Cedes North Waziristan to Taliban
  4. Reuters, "Taliban names anti-US leadership council", June 24, 2003


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