A resident named Mohammed guarded what remained of a health clinic that was blasted by a car bomb in Bazitkhel. (Pamela Constable/ Washington Post) Swat Valley Peace Deal Is A Hope For Stabilizing Volatile Region Of Pakistan -- Chicago Tribune
Pact could also strengthen pro-Taliban militants there.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Zahid Khan, a secular politician from a militant stronghold, knows that a peace deal with pro-Taliban insurgents in Swat Valley could make them stronger.
But Khan, who helped negotiate the fragile peace deal that brought a loose form of Islamic law to the northwestern region last week, said his political party, the Awami National Party, had little choice.
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