Taliban leaders called off the peace deal over the weekend, after Pakistan?s president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, deployed troops to several checkpoints in the region.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- Militants in northwest Pakistan disavowed a peace pact with the government and launched two days of suicide attacks and bombings that killed at least 70 people, dramatically escalating the violence in the al Qaeda infiltrated region.
War On Terror: By killing government troops, tribal militants sheltering al-Qaida in Pakistan's badlands have torn up what was left of their bogus peace treaty. They don't deserve another break.
The United States may build safeguards to ensure that aid poured into Pakistan's tribal areas, where Al-Qaeda and Taliban militants were believed hiding, does not fall into wrong hands, officials said.
A series of bombings in recent days in northwestern Pakistan is spreading fears in the region and the West.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, July 16 In hopes of restoring a fragile peace with militant groups in the region along its border with Afghanistan, the Pakistani government dispatched a team of tribal elders there today to meet with leaders of the groups.
Pakistan on Monday named former Australian fast bowler Geoff Lawson as the new national cricket coach to succeed Bob Woolmer, who died during the World Cup in the Caribbean in March.
Pakistan held crisis talks with tribal elders Monday to save a peace deal with pro-Taliban militants, amid fears of fresh violence after three weekend suicide attacks left more than 70 dead.
The government sent tribal elders to meet with militant leaders in Pakistan's lawless northwest frontier Monday in an attempt to salvage a cease-fire renounced amid a series of suicide attacks and bombings, officials said.
Pakistan named former Australian fast bowler Geoff Lawson as the new national cricket coach to succeed Bob Woolmer, who died during the World Cup campaign in the Caribbean in March.