Pakistani Taliban criticise Obama's peace Nobel
Thu Oct 15 02:56:15 EST 2009
Wed Oct 14 15:56:15 UTC 2009
ISLAMABAD, Oct 14 AP - The Pakistani Taliban has criticised the decision to award Barack Obama the Nobel Peace Prize saying the US president should have received a "villain of peace" award instead.
Taliban spokesman Azam Tariq said on Wednesday the president who has beefed up the US military presence in neighbouring Afghanistan did not deserve the peace prize.
Tariq said Obama's "hands are tainted with the blood of thousands of human beings".
