Pakistani Islamists’ convoy led by cleric Soofi Mohammad, arrives for talks with Taliban leader Maulana Fazlullah at Mingora in the troubled Swat valley on February 17, 2009. Pakistan has agreed to impose Islamic law in the region where government troops have failed to put down a bloody insurgency. Fazlullah has waged a nearly two-year campaign to enforce Taliban-style sharia law in Swat, formerly a ski resort popular with Westerners.
Pakistani Islamists and residents listen to a speech by unseen cleric Soofi Mohammad, after arriving at Mingora in the troubled Swat valley on February 17, 2009, for talks with Taliban leader Maulana Fazlullahon. Pakistan has agreed to impose Islamic law in the region where government troops have failed to put down a bloody insurgency. Fazlullah has waged a nearly two-year campaign to enforce Taliban-style sharia law in Swat, formerly a ski resort popular with Westerners
The delegation members of a pro-Taliban leader Soofi Mohammad, leave after an agreement with government officials in Peshawar on February 16, 2009. The Pakistan government and Islamic hardliners signed an agreement to enforce sharia law in the northwestern Swat valley. The announcement followed talks between the government of troubled North West Frontier Province (NWFP) and a local militant leader, Soofi Mohammad, on formalising the implementation of strict Islamic law.
A local resident distributes sweets among people after the government decision to implement Islamic Law, Monday, Feb. 16, 2009 in Mingora, the main town of Pakistani Swat Valley. The government agreed to impose Islamic law and suspend a military offensive across a large swath of northwest Pakistan on Monday in concessions aimed at pacifying a spreading Taliban insurgency there
Representatives of Taliban and Islamic militants listen to speakers during their peace meeting with Pakistani government officials in Peshawar, Pakistan on Monday, Feb. 16, 2009. At the meeting, regional government officials say Pakistan will impose Islamic law in parts of its northwest where Taliban fighters increasingly hold sway 
Participants attend a peace meeting between Pakistani officials and representatives of Islamic militants and the Talibans in Peshawar, Pakistan on Monday, Feb. 16, 2009. At the meeting, regional government officials say Pakistan will impose Islamic law in parts of its northwest where Taliban fighters increasingly hold sway 
Pakistani Christians carry quilts to be donated to refugees from the troubled Swat Valley in Islamabad on February 17, 2009. Pakistan's military vowed to hold fire and respect a controversial agreement signed between the government and militants to enforce Islamic law in the violence-torn Swat valley
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