From Yahoo News/AP:ISLAMABAD – The Taliban announced a 10-day cease-fire in Pakistan's Swat Valley on Sunday after freeing a Chinese hostage as the government neared a peace deal with an insurgent-linked group.
Meanwhile, a captive American threatened with imminent death by his kidnappers remained missing.
Past peace deals with militants, including in Swat, have failed, and any agreement this time could re-spark U.S. criticism that the talks merely give insurgents time to regroup and rearm. Pakistan's government, however, insists that it cannot rely on force alone to defeat the al-Qaida and Taliban fighters in its regions bordering Afghanistan.
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More News On Pakistan's Civil War
Pakistan to end military operation and implement sharia in Malakand Division -- Long War Journal
Taleban announces Swat ceasefire -- BBC
Taliban announce 'cease-fire' in Pakistani valley -- CNN
Militants may sign Swat peace deal: officials -- AFP
Truce agreed in Pakistan's Swat -- Al Jazeera
Pakistan 'in fight for survival' -- BBC
My Comment: This is just a ruse. When the Taliban call a truce .... it is just a means for them to regroup and rearm. This tactic has been used so many times in the past .... it is no longer believable except for the politicians in Pakistan.
This is a disaster for Pakistan. Their capitulation of key and crucial provinces will only embolden the Taliban to continue the war. They have sued for peace .... but what they will get is war.