Sunday, July 15, 2007
The BBC News website brings us this report... 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... It came as Pakistan deployed more troops in the area, fearing "holy war" after the storming of the militant Red Mosque last week left 102 dead... More than 60 Pakistanis, including soldiers and police recruits, have died in three attacks in the past two days...
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>>> In pictures: Pakistan Attacks
>>> FT.com has this take on the story... A wave of violent attacks spread through Pakistan’s northern regions near the Afghan border over the weekend, leaving at least 56 people dead in suicide attacks, bomb blasts and other incidents... The killings coincided with the decision by a tribal council in a border region to unilaterally end a controversial peace agreement struck with General Pervez Musharraf’s government last September...
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Pakistan attacks kill at least 56 people
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