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Pakistan In Conflict -- News Updates For February 22, 2009

Taliban fighters have taken over the Swat valley, in the lawless north-west of Pakistan, and have forced the government to impose sharia law in the region. Photo from The Guardian

Pakistan To Allay U.S. Fears On Pact With Islamists -- Reuters
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's foreign minister has said he will try to allay U.S. fears about a pact with a group of Islamists in the troubled northwest, during a trip to Washington this week.

Under the pact, the provincial government has agreed to restore Islamic sharia law in the Swat valley to pacify a growing militancy, sparking concerns that authorities were giving in to Taliban hardliners.

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More News On Pakistan's Civil War

Taliban Truce Seems in Flux in Pakistan -- New York Times
Taliban and Pakistan officials agree permanent ceasefire in Swat valley -- The Guardian
Taliban still considering permanent ceasefire -- ABC News (Australia)
Pakistan militants say could extend truce -- AFP
Pakistani Taliban to Review Cease-Fire -- Voice of America
Taleban Consider Swat Ceasefire -- BBC News
fficial kidnapped in Pakistan, despite Swat Valley cease-fire -- CNN
The Cambridge chaplain fighting fanaticism by radio in Pakistan's Swat valley -- The Telegraph<

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