Taliban pullout of peace talks
Bureau Report

PESHAWAR—Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has announced to abolish peace accord with government of Pakistan alleging government is not sincere in the establishment of peace in tribal areas and the statements about holding dialogue are being given by the government to appease the people.
TTP spokesman Moulvi Mohammad Omar announced to rescind the accord while talking to the media men here Monday. Replying to a question he said that on the intervention of tribal elders efforts were launched for revival of confidence building measures but these tribal elders returned disappointingly on Monday and they told us t government of Pakistan was not sincere in talks as certain hidden forces have become active to foil the dialogue process.
The peace Jirga engaged in talks with the government told us that government negotiating team was not found serious in the talks, he pointed out. It is our central decision Taliban will put up stiff resistance if government launched campaign against the Taliban in South Waziristan, Adam Khel pass and Swat. If government avoids taking any action then the ceasefire announcement made by us will remain in place, he told.
If government is sincere in talks then it should accept our four demands and we can revive dialogue process, he underlined. Giving details about the demands he said the major demand from our side was that government should forthwith withdraw army from South Waziristan, Adam Khel pass and Swat and check posts operating in these areas be abolished. The second demand is that the prisoners be exchanged with us.
He claimed about 100 army officers and jawans were under the Taliban custody and 200 Taliban are being held by the government. Third demand is that compensation be paid to the affected tribesmen in the areas of South Waziristan, Swat and Adam Khel pass, he added. It is our fourth demand that no action be taken against the Taliban Tehrik activists in Punjab, Sindh, Karachi and other parts of the country, he told.
Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan has called off peace agreement, which was in progress, with the government. This was announced by Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan on Moday. The government has failed to implement promises made under the peace accord, Taliban spokesman Moulvi Muhammad Umar said in a statement.
The government has not pulled down its troops from tribal areas as it had promised under the agreement, which shows the intentions of the government about enforcement of the deal, he added.
A Pakistani Taliban commander pulled out of a peace deal with the government after it refused to withdraw the army from tribal lands on the Afghan border, the militant’s spokesman said on Monday. Tribal elders in Pakistan’s South Waziristan region have been trying to broker a peace deal between the government and Baitullah Mehsud, an al Qaeda ally who leads the Taliban in Pakistan.
Mehsud has been accused of being behind a wave of suicide attacks that have rocked Pakistan since mid-2007, including one that killed former prime minister Benazir Bhutto in December. “Our chief Baitullah Mehsud has announced the end of the dialogue process about an hour ago after tribal elders informed us that government is unwilling to pull out troops from Waziristan and other areas,” Maulvi Omar, a spokesman for the Tehrik-e-Taliban (Movement of Taliban), told Reuters by telephone.