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PAKISTAN: Seeking Peace and Stability
In an effort to quell violence, the government struck a deal with insurgents on Feb. I6 that would implement a form of Islamic law in northwest Pakistan. The ruling will cover the Malakand region, which includes the Swat Valley, a onetime tourist spot and now home base for Taliban forces. While militants have agreed to a Io-day cease-fire, critics of the deal labeled the pact a dangerous concession to violent religious extremists.
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