Taliban militants announced an indefinite ceasefire in the Swat valley in the northwest of the country today, a day after the army said it was ceasing operations in the region.
The militants announced a 10-day truce in Swat on Sunday before a radical cleric struck a deal with authorities on the enforcement of Islamic sharia law in the region in an effort to persuade the militants to shun violence.
"We have agreed on an indefinite ceasefire," said the Taliban spokesman in Swat, Muslim Khan.
Pakistan's government had said the Sharia Nizam-e-Adl, or the judicial system governed by Islamic sharia law, will not be implemented in the Malakand division of North-West Frontier Province (NWFP), which includes Swat, unless the guns fall silent.
Reuters
