Pakistani authorities and militants sign peace pact
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Militants and local authorities in a troubled northwest Pakistan tribal district have signed a peace pact.
The agreement was signed by officials from the Khyber district administration and an 18-member group of tribal elders.
The agreement comes after a 10-day military operation to clear the area of Islamic militants.
Late last month Islamabad poured in paramilitary troops to counter militants threatening to take over the provincial capital of Peshawar and to stop attacks on convoys supplying foreign troops across the border in Afghanistan.
A 13-member peace committee of tribal elders and Khyber administration officials has been formed to ensure the implementation of the pact which was signed in Peshawar.
