Pakistani Taliban announce cease-fire, sources say

Pakistani Taliban assemble in vogue an untie area of Mamouzai in vogue Orakzai Agency on November 26, 2008. STORY HIGHLIGHTSNEW: Pakistani Taliban commanders say a cease-fire was agreed fashionable South WaziristanThey say talks focus on South Waziristan and include a demand pro troop withdrawalThe Pakistani Talibans approved spokesman denies talks are taking placeThe Pakistani government and armed forces moreover say reports of talks are baselessIslamabad, Pakistan The Pakistani Taliban get declared a cease-fire fashionable South Waziristan, individual of the seven semi-autonomous tribal areas fashionable northwest Pakistan, three Taliban commanders told CNN Tuesday.The cease-fire agreed a month in the past follows back-channel amity talks to contain been taking place among intermediaries representing the Pakistani government and the Pakistani Taliban, the commanders understood.The commanders, speaking under condition of inscrutability, thought the talks were preliminary and began arrived after everyone else September, focusing just on South Waziristan.The troop has demanded an altercation of prisoners, the withdrawal of Pakistani troops from South Waziristan and compensation used for the victims of army operations clothed in the area, which borders Afghanistan, the Taliban commanders told CNN.The Pakistani Taliban has made preliminary contacts with the government through neighborhood tribal elders to explore the possibilities of a reconciliation deal, the commanders supposed.

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