Taliban to resume talks with govt

Taliban have decided to revive contacts with the government by resuming peace talks. Talking to the BBC Wednesday, Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan spokesman Muslim Khan said that the decision of resuming talks with the provincial government was taken in a three-day meeting of Taliban's 100-member Council presided by Maulana Fazlullah. He said that the members of Taliban negotiating committee would hold talks with the provincial government on Thursday (today) in which reservations of both the sides will be taken up. However, he said that the government would have to immediately pull out troops deployed in Swat areas. He said they would not target security forces or government installations until they were not attacked.    Muslim Khan claimed responsibility for setting on fire two girls' schools on Tuesday, saying that security personnel were deployed at the school premises.

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