Pakistan Signs Peace Deal with the US Backed and Funded Talibans
| Pakistan signs peace deal with Taliban May22, 2008 presstv.com | |
"The agreement was signed today between the government committee and representatives of local Taliban. We are very positive that this agreement will end violence and ensure lasting peace in the region," committee member and North West Frontier Province minister Wajid Ali Khan said on Wednesday. Based on the agreement the Pakistani troops withdraw from the Swat valley and rebels take position, provincial ministers said. In return, the militants will close training camps, hand over foreign fighters and stop suicide attacks on government installations and security forces under the 15-point pact, they said. The militants had also agreed not to target girls' schools, music shops, and barbers, they added. The US, NATO and Afghan officials have criticized previous peace deals in Pakistan, claiming that they have led to an increase in suicide attacks on international and Afghan forces across the border in Afghanistan. RZS/RA |

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