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| Pakistan in deal with militants | Pakistan in deal with militants |
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| Pakistan's government has agreed to pull troops out of a valley in the north-west under a peace agreement signed with pro-Taleban militants. | Pakistan's government has agreed to pull troops out of a valley in the north-west under a peace agreement signed with pro-Taleban militants. |
| The authorities say they will also allow the militants to impose Sharia law in Swat in return for promises to close training camps and end attacks. | |
| The move is part of efforts by the new government to end violence in the area. | The move is part of efforts by the new government to end violence in the area. |
| Nato and the US say previous deals helped al-Qaeda and the Taleban to launch attacks in Afghanistan. | Nato and the US say previous deals helped al-Qaeda and the Taleban to launch attacks in Afghanistan. |
| 'End to attacks' | |
| The senior minister in the North West Frontier provincial government, Bashir Bilour, outlined the 15-point agreement signed in Peshawar. | |
| He headed the government's negotiating team and was speaking to reporters outside the government building in the city where talks had taken place. | |
| Mr Bilour said the militants had agreed to stop suicide and bomb attacks on security forces and close down their camps. | |
| In return, he said the government would release prisoners as well as withdraw troops from the area. | |
| Swat, in North-West Frontier Province, was a prominent destination for tourists until a Taleban-style insurgency last year that tried to impose Sharia law. | |
| Thousands of troops arrived in November to drive the militants out, in what was hailed as a successful operation by the authorities. | |
| Dozens of people have been killed in Swat. Hundreds more have died in violence elsewhere in Pakistan over the past year. | |
| The new civilian government has said it will deal with Islamic militancy through dialogue and development. | |
| In May, the militants in Swat, led by a pro-Taleban cleric Maulana Fazlullah, declared a truce. | |
| The BBC's Syed Shoaib Hasan in Islamabad says the deal gives him considerable power in one of Pakistan's most scenic regions, although it remains silent on his own status. | |
| The militants had demanded an amnesty for the wanted cleric, whose whereabouts are currently unknown. |