Government Inks Peace Agreements With Taliban In North & South Waziristan -- The Long War JournalA little over one week after the military said it would not conduct operations in North and South Waziristan, the provincial government cut new peace agreements with Taliban leaders in the lawless tribal agencies.
Peace agreements have been signed with Hafiz Gul Bahadar in North Waziristan and Mullah Nazir in South Waziristan. Bahadar controls a significant Taliban force in the Miramshah region, while Nazir controls Taliban forces in the western regions in South Waziristan.
The deals were crafted by Owais Ghani, the governor of the Northwest Frontier Province. Nazir and Bahadar agreed to stop fighting the Pakistani military and said they would permit tribesmen to "provide shelter to foreigners," a clear reference to al Qaeda.
"We will not fight the Pakistani forces because by doing so we will be helping the Americans in Afghanistan," Bahadar said in a press statement issued by a Taliban spokesman. "We will not let the deal collapse," Bahadar said, referring to an agreement signed with the military in February.
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My Comment: The Pakistani Government has been reporting successful military operations against the Taliban for he past two months. The Taliban have been saying the opposite. It appears that the Government is capitulating to the Taliban, and are agreeing (privately) to a number of ceasefire proposals and withdrawals .... this does not sound like a victorious army.
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