Pakistani elders, militants hold talks
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A 45-member delegation of tribal elders began talks with militant leaders near the Afghan border Friday in a bid to stem the spiraling violence that erupted after Islamic extremists scrapped a peace deal.
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President Gen. Pervez Musharraf held talks with two senior U.S. diplomats and a top military official Saturday amid a growing political crisis, as the embattled leader received indications that Washington would accept him remaining as president and army chief.
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ISLAMABAD - Fourteen tribal leaders trying to help Pakistani forces organise the surrender of Al Qaeda-linked militants in a remote region near the Afghan border have been killed, a military spokesman said Wednesday.
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MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, Oct 27  - One of the most senior guerrilla leaders fighting Indian rule in Kashmir said Wednesday he was prepared to discuss President Pervez Musharraf&#39;s new proposals for resolving the conflict.
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A PAKISTANI militant leader linked to al-Qaeda said today he refused to meet a council of tribal elders trying to secure the release of two Chinese hostages held by his group.
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A Pakistani cleric at the centre of a seven-day siege at an Islamabad mosque agreed on Monday to hold &quot;last-ditch&quot; talks over a loudspeaker with ministers and Islamic leaders to end the crisis.
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan, July 16 â In hopes of restoring a fragile peace with militant groups in the region along its border with Afghanistan, the Pakistani government dispatched a team of tribal elders there today to meet with leaders of the groups.
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Supporters hope for end to exile after officials hint at deal with Musharraf.
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A top U.S. commander met with Pakistan's army chief General Ashfaq Kayani on Tuesday, as Pakistani forces repulsed an attack by Taliban fighters close to a fort in a restive tribal region.
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ISLAMABAD - Tribal elders in Pakistan&#39;s South Waziristan tribal area and local administration officials are negotiating with the kidnappers of two Chinese engineers to secure their release, a government spokesman said Sunday.
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Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf met anti-India Kashmiri leaders to discuss his new proposals on solving the half-century dispute with India and told them to be flexible, state media reported.
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In Kohat, near Pakistan's restive tribal areas, many say the remote border regions need more government engagement to curb rising extremism. Part 2 of three.
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Leaders of Palestinian Islamic militant factions are in Cairo for cease-fire talks with the Egyptians, days before Egypt is to host an Israeli-Palestinian summit, officials from the groups said in Gaza on Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON -- With new fighting expected to break out this spring in Afghanistan, the Pakistan government will soon have to decide what it can do about the tribal authorities who have not been living up to their agreement to prevent Taliban and Qaeda fighters from moving back and forth across the border, according to John Negroponte, the director of national ...
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A Pakistani cleric at the centre of a seven-day siege at an Islamabad mosque on Monday held &quot;last-ditch&quot; talks over loudspeakers with ministers and Islamic leaders to end the crisis.
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Leaders of an Afghan militant group holding three UN workers hostage met on Friday to decide whether to kill them or extend a deadline for authorities to meet their demands, a member of the leadership council said.
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Relatives and close aides of slain Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto met Sunday to appoint her successor at crunch talks that will all but determine the fate of January 8 elections.