Pakistan arrests cleric

Police in Pakistan have arrested an influential pro-Taliban cleric who had brokered a failed peace deal in the troubled Swat Valley, in an indication the government will no longer negotiate with militants.

Pakistan arrests cleric

Police in Pakistan have arrested an influential pro-Taliban cleric who had brokered a failed peace deal in the troubled Swat Valley, in an indication the government will no longer negotiate with militants.

Authorities accused Sufi Muhammad, father-in-law of Swat’s notorious Taliban leader Maulana Fazlullah, of encouraging violence and terrorism.

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