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Sharan : Afghanistan | Aug 09, 2012 at 2:20 AM PDT

By Asad Raza

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SHAWAL: The Taliban syas that he will kill Pakistani cricket star turned politician, Imran Khan, if he holds a planned march to their tribal stronghold to protest US drone attacks.

Although the Pakistani Taliban also oppose the strikes, they said they would attack Imran Khan because he calls himself a ”liberal” a term they associate with a lack of religious belief.

Imran Khan (Paksitan Tehreek-e-pasand) has said he is planning to lead thousands of people in a march to Waziristan in September to demonstrate against the strikes

They all was wearing shalwar kameez and a woolen Chitrali cap. He spoke with an rifle laid across his lap, and he and the other commanders fired into the air in celebration at the end of the interview.

Asad Raza is based in Hyderabad, Sind, Pakistan, and is a Stringer for Allvoices.

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