Pakistan seeks lasting Swat truce

[Coventina]

Source: BBC

Pakistan has announced a "permanent ceasefire" with Taleban rebels in the north-western Swat valley.

Syed Mohammad Javed, commissioner of Malakand, which includes Swat, revealed the deal. But the Taleban say they are still deciding whether to accept it.

A spokesman said they would wait to see whether a deal to implement Sharia law in Swat was honoured by the government.

Swat, once one of Pakistan's most popular holiday destinations, has long been blighted by militant violence.



Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7903453.stm

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In effect, if this happens, the Taliban will have their own country.

Let's hope that the women who desire to be treated as human beings are able to flee this doomed area...

[Idealism]

1. Pakistan is officially a failed state.

Time to pack it up boys; Grab all the nuclear warheads you can and get to the EVAC point.