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| Pakistan holds pro-Taliban cleric | |
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| A radical cleric who brokered a failed peace deal in Pakistan's Swat valley has been arrested, officials say. | |
| Sufi Mohammed was arrested in Peshawar, in the restive north-west of Pakistan, government officials said. | |
| Regional information minister Iftikhar Hussein said he had been arrested on unspecified charges but had been warned against holding meetings in Peshawar. | Regional information minister Iftikhar Hussein said he had been arrested on unspecified charges but had been warned against holding meetings in Peshawar. |
| The cleric negotiated a peace deal in February, widely seen as allowing the Taliban to take control of the valley. | The cleric negotiated a peace deal in February, widely seen as allowing the Taliban to take control of the valley. |
| Militants imposed Sharia law in the district after the agreement. | |
| However the deal later fell apart when Taliban fighters moved into neighbouring districts. | |
| The government's military operation to remove insurgents from the region has displaced some two million people in Pakistan's north-west. | |
| Sufi Mohammad is the founder of a banned militant group, Tehrik Nizam Shariat Mohammadi (TNSM). | |
| In June, two of his aides - who were under arrest - were killed when militants attacked a convoy transporting prisoners to Peshawar, officials said. |