Dreaded Waziristan militant leader threatens war against Pak over allowing US drone attacks

The most powerful militant leader in Pakistan's North Waziristan border region has threatened to tear up a peace accord and turn his fighters against the government.

Bahadur had reached a peace agreement with the Pakistani government in 2007, but it has been strained lately, The Dawn reports.

Bahadur, who heads a Pakistani Taliban faction, is known to have links with notorious militant groups in tribal North Waziristan, including the Haqqani network.

The dreaded militant leader criticised Pakistani leaders for allowing the United States to conduct drone missile strikes in North Waziristan, and said the council of militant groups he heads would no longer hold talks with the government.

"We have been showing patience because of problems being faced by common people but now the government has also resorted to repression on our common people at the behest of foreigners," Bahadur said in a statement distributed in North Waziristan.

He accused the government of firing mortar bombs and cannons on civilians, and destroying a hospital and other buildings in North Waziristan. (ANI)