**ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) ** – The Pakistani Taliban says it wants to return to a peace deal that recently collapsed, sparking an ongoing massive military operation, a spokesman said Tuesday.
The fighting in the Swat Valley region has forced thousands of civilians to abandon their homes.
Taliban militants in Swat Valley have announced that they are willing to disarm if the government allows sharia, or Islamic law, to be implemented in the region, a spokesman for Taliban mediator Sufi Mohammed said.
Mohammed negotiated the previous deal between the Pakistani Taliban and the government, which called for the same arrangement.
That deal fell apart because the Taliban refused to disarm and moved into the Buner district, located outside of the region that the government allowed them to control.
The government has said it will only allow sharia if it does not contradict Pakistan’s constitution. There are many interpretations of Islamic law, but the Taliban’s version has curbed human rights, forcing women indoors, men to grow beards, and shops to stop selling movies and music.
The military operation against the Taliban in northwest Pakistan has resulted in mass exodus of refugees.
According to the most recent United Nations numbers, about 2.4 million Pakistanis have registered as displaced persons since May 2
I dont think these terrorists are worth trusting anymore... the army should deal with every last one of them... they have brought nothing but harm and loss to the people of pakistan.
Pakistan army is on the verge of winning boys and girls. They're going to occomplish in a few weeks what theUS and NATO forces failed to in the last eight years. Very soon we're gonna be sharing great news of our victory against the Taliban, insh'allah.
my dear support is coming directly from afghanistan..uzbeks chechans arabs r getting training on pak afghan border...and they r continously coming into pak..
i wonder when pak army will completely seal pal afghan border?..our army and agencies need to talk very seriously with americans indians etc..as hameed gul said tht cia is like umbrella for mossad raw etc to destabilize pakistan
army operation must not stop..army must concentrate on killing muslim khan fazal ullah etc..if taliban leaders die,things will become bit easier for army
my dear support is coming directly from afghanistan..uzbeks chechans arabs r getting training on pak afghan border...and they r continously coming into pak..
i wonder when pak army will completely seal pal afghan border?..our army and agencies need to talk very seriously with americans indians etc..as hameed gul said tht cia is like umbrella for mossad raw etc to destabilize pakistan
First at least seal malakand area and for that enough troops to be put in the theater, i.e. move from them from india border.
