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| Pakistan militants end truce deal | Pakistan militants end truce deal |
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| Pro-Taleban militants in Pakistan's North Waziristan region say they have ended their truce with the government. | Pro-Taleban militants in Pakistan's North Waziristan region say they have ended their truce with the government. |
| In a statement issued in Miranshah, the main town, the militants accused the government of breaking the agreement. | In a statement issued in Miranshah, the main town, the militants accused the government of breaking the agreement. |
| On Saturday, a suicide bomber killed 24 soldiers in North Waziristan in an attack believed to be linked to the storming of the Red Mosque last week. | On Saturday, a suicide bomber killed 24 soldiers in North Waziristan in an attack believed to be linked to the storming of the Red Mosque last week. |
| Last September's truce ended two years of clashes and was aimed at stopping cross-border attacks into Afghanistan. | Last September's truce ended two years of clashes and was aimed at stopping cross-border attacks into Afghanistan. |
| "We are ending the agreement today," the Taleban Shura or Council said in pamphlets distributed in Miranshah, the capital of North Waziristan. | "We are ending the agreement today," the Taleban Shura or Council said in pamphlets distributed in Miranshah, the capital of North Waziristan. |
| The council leaders released the statement Sunday amid growing tension in the area. | The council leaders released the statement Sunday amid growing tension in the area. |
| In the second deadly attacks in as many days, at least 10 Pakistani soldiers were killed in the Swat area of North West Frontier Province. Another 40 had been injured in Sunday's attack near the town of Matta, local police said. | |
| The area is well-known as a stronghold of pro-Taleban militants, they said. | |
| Saturday's attack on an army convoy near the village of Daznary, about 50km (30 miles) north of Miranshah, left about 30 injured in addition to the 24 killed. | |
| There are fears the attacks could be linked to the storming of the Red Mosque. | |
| The 102 dead there included 11 soldiers and an as yet unknown number of extremists and their hostages. |