Pakistan probes hardline cleric's ties to the Taliban

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- Pakistani authorities are detaining for one month an Islamist cleric who brokered a failed peace deal with the Taliban in the Swat Valley to investigate whether he inappropriately aided the militants, officials said Monday.

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