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Cleric who negotiated Taliban-Pakistan peace deal is arrested

Jul. 27, 2009
Taliban-aligned Sufi Mohammed arranged a truce in the Swat Valley, but militants have since reneged on the deal. Mohammed, father-in-law of a Taliban leader, is accused of militancy and violence. Reporting from Islamabad, Pakistan, and Peshawar, Pakistan -- Pakistani police on Sunday arrested...
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