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Source: http://washingtontimes.com/article/20080522/FOREIGN/510395498/1003/foreign
Pakistani Forces to Pull Out of Al-Qaeda Haven
[Washington Times] David R. Sands - Pakistan's new government Wednesday agreed to pull its forces out of a restive region near the Afghan border and allow elements of Islamic Sharia law to be imposed there in return for a promise by local Islamic militants to end a wave of terror and arrest foreign terrorists operating in the area. The accord came a day after Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte expressed deep reservations about such accords, noting that a similar deal struck by Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in 2006 had allowed Taliban and al-Qaeda forces to recruit and rearm.