Taliban Rejoice

The taliban are pretty happy that Pakistan has just released a pro-taliban leader who supplied thousands of terrorists when the US invaded Afghanistan. I don't understand why the US keeps on giving billions of dollars in aid to Pakistan. BBC

A spokesman for Taleban fighters in Pakistan has welcomed the release of a well-known militant leader.

On Monday night the authorities set free Maulana Sufi Mohammad, the founder of an outlawed Islamist group that has fought in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

He was released under an agreement to renounce violence and help restore peace in the north-west valley of Swat.

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Pakistan's new government is trying to deal with Islamic militancy through dialogue and development.

Sharia demand

Sufi Muhammad was released from prison hospital after nearly seven years in detention.

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Hundreds of people welcomed Sufi Mohammad when he returned to the TNSM headquarters on Tuesday in the district of Malakand in Swat.

He told the crown that he had "signed an agreement with the government so that we can peacefully work for the enforcement of Sharia in our area".

According to an official statement, the agreement commits the TNSM to renounce violence in the Swat valley where the army has been engaged in an intense struggle with militants.

Under one clause of the agreement, The TNSM declares that the killing of police, military or other government employees is "un-Islamic".

But the killing of NATO troops in Afghanistan isn't.