Pakistani Taliban in Swat say won't give up guns

"Sharia doesn't permit us to lay down arms,"

Good to see that peace deal is really working out. Give immunity to the taliban, they refuse to give up their arms. Now they're heading to other areas to fight to implement shariah law. Reuters

ISLAMABAD, April 15 (Reuters) - Pakistani Taliban will not lay down their arms in a northwestern valley as part of a deal that included the introduction of sharia law but will take their "struggle" to new areas, a militant spokesman said on Wednesday.[...]

Details of the deal have not been made public but government officials backing the pact have said part of it was that militants would give up their arms.

But a Pakistani Taliban spokesman in the scenic valley, a one-time tourist destination 125 km (80 miles) northwest of Islamabad, said they would be keeping their guns.

"Sharia doesn't permit us to lay down arms," Muslim Khan said by telephone. "If a government, either in Pakistan or Afghanistan, continues anti-Muslim policies, it's out of the question that Taliban lay down their arms."