Pakistani Taliban announces one-month cease-fire - The Washington Post:"In recent weeks, Pakistani jets and helicopters have been striking militant hideouts in the northwest. Previous efforts at negotiations broke down when a militant faction announced it had killed 23 Pakistani troops.
The Pakistani Taliban has been trying for years to overthrow the government and establish its own hard-line form of Islam across Pakistan. Tens of thousands of people have died in militant attacks.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has long promoted negotiations over military operations as a way to end the ongoing crisis. His efforts gained traction this year when both sides announced that negotiating teams had held initial meetings. But negotiations fell apart after the deaths of the 23 Pakistani troops, and Sharif has been under pressure to retaliate for any Taliban violence."
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