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Press TVIslamabad has provided the Taliban with $6 million for agreeing to an open-ended ceasefire in the restive Swat valley, a new report says.
Taliban insurgents have agreed to lay down their arms and endorse a deal between the government and local leader Sufi Mohammad to impose 'Sharia law'.
A new report by Adnkronos International (AKI) suggests that the Taliban may have even received money in exchange for peace.
"The amount has been paid through a backchannel," AKI cited a well-placed security source as saying on condition of anonymity. It is compensation for those who were killed during military operations and for the properties destroyed by the security forces," the official explained. "In fact, negotiations for this package were finalized well before Maulana Sufi Mohammad signed a peace deal."
According to the source, the money was delivered from a special fund at the order of Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari.
A special aid package, including a contribution from the US, was reportedly designated for the tribal area by the president's office and distributed through the governor's office in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP).
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Pakistan: Militants receive compensation for peace dealSource:
Adnkronos InternationalBy Syed Saleem Shahzad - Pakistani militants in the country's northwest are understood to have received 480 million rupees ( 6 million dollars) in compensation after agreeing to a cease conflict with government forces for an indefinite period. Well-placed security sources have told Adnkronos International (AKI) that the militants agreed to lay down their arms and endorse the deal between the government and local leader Sufi Mohammad to impose Sharia law in the region.
"The amount has been paid through a backchannel, " a senior security official told AKI on condition of anonymity.
"It is compensation for those who were killed during military operations and compensation for the properties destroyed by the security forces. In fact, negotiations for this package were finalised well before Maulana Sufi Mohammad signed a peace deal."
The security official said the amount was delivered from a special fund of president Asif Ari Zardari. All the tribal areas come under the president's jurisdiction and a special aid package, including a donation from the US, was designated for the tribal area by the president's office and distributed through the governor's office in the North West Frontier Province.
"Some other smaller amounts are also under negotation which shall also be delivered soon," the official confirmed.
An historic agreement endorsing Sharia law was reached between the government and local leader Sufi Mohammad a week ago. The deal ended two years of fierce conflict in which at least 1,700 government soldiers and hundreds of civilians were killed and 600,000 people were displaced.
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http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3045993078-- ---- --
Holy crap, what's going on there? 1st we hear they are handing out weapons left right and center and now a $6,000,000 bounty, have the Pakistani government lost the plot?
(edit to take out the IBN story due to repetition)
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