Aljazeera.Net - Pakistan in deal with 'al-Qaida' fighters : "The five men were expected to hand in a list of foreign fighters living with them in South Waziristan, a desolate region where al-Qaida leader Usama bin Ladin and his deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri have been hunted in the past.
Thousands of turbanned Pashtun tribesmen looked on as the five men from the Zali Kheil tribe turned themselves in before a 'jirga', or tribal council, and pledged loyalty to Pakistan in return for clemency.
The deal also allows hundreds of alleged al-Qaida fighters to remain at liberty in exchange for pledges to live peacefully.
It also ends the Pakistani army's bloody hunt for Taliban guerrillas in the tribal region which has left more than 100 people dead."
Looks like this whole Waziristan offensive by the Pakistanis has basically petered out. Pretty slim pickings.
Thousands of turbanned Pashtun tribesmen looked on as the five men from the Zali Kheil tribe turned themselves in before a 'jirga', or tribal council, and pledged loyalty to Pakistan in return for clemency.
The deal also allows hundreds of alleged al-Qaida fighters to remain at liberty in exchange for pledges to live peacefully.
It also ends the Pakistani army's bloody hunt for Taliban guerrillas in the tribal region which has left more than 100 people dead."
Looks like this whole Waziristan offensive by the Pakistanis has basically petered out. Pretty slim pickings.
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