European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 29, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday March 29 2007 stars and stripes Page 11 Pakistan reaches Deal with tribal elders locals agree not to Harbor foreign militants in Exchange for development in Border Region by Stephen Graham fighters continue to use it As a launch pad pakistanis routinely refer to tribal Mili ship or prevent Taliban militants from find the associated press for attacks into Afghanistan Tants who Are suspected of aiding their eth ing Sanctuary there the agreement was signed monday at a Nic Lashtun Brethren fighting in Afghani officials argue that the deals will Emprow Islamabad Pakistan tribal elders attended he hundreds of tribal Stan As local Taliban or tribal porters to uni inter Nili Tanev in by Stephen Graham the associated press Islamabad Pakistan tribal elders signed a Deal with the government to deny Sanctuary to foreign militants in a Remote pakistani Border Region where Al Aida no 2 Ayman Al Zawaheri escaped a us air strike last year the two sides said tues Day the Accord was the third of its kind and underlines president Gen Pervez Mushar Raf s insistence that tribal leaders not the army take the Lead in taming the Frontier zone despite signs that Taliban fighters continue to use it As a launch pad for attacks into Afghanistan the agreement was signed monday at a ceremony attended by hundreds of tribal elders near Khar the main town of the Bajur Region said Malik Abdul Aziz head of Bjurs tribal Council after hectic efforts and talks with the local Taliban we have signed a peace Deal with the government to help it fight terror ism Aziz told the associated press local Taliban have assured us that they will not shelter foreign militants in their areas and they Are also part of a written agreement pakistanis routinely refer to tribal Mili Tants who Are suspected of aiding their eth Nic Lashtun Brethren fighting in Afghani Stan As local Taliban in return the government will expedite development projects in the Region Aziz said Shakil Qadir Khan the top government administrator in Bajur confirmed the agreement but provided no details Musharraf a key us ally in its War on International terrorism has sought accords across the Semi autonomous tribal re Gion after a series of bloody military operations failed to catch a Laidas top Leader ship or prevent Taliban militants from find ing Sanctuary there officials argue that the deals will empower tribal elders to counter Militancy in their territory and open the Way for Lon term development projects to counter the poverty that helps extremist groups find recruits among the regions Young and unemployed however critics argue the govern ments military pullback has handed even greater control to militants and us Mili tary officials worry that Cross order at tacks into Afghanistan Are rising As a re sult four dead in Gaza sewage flood the associated press umm Naser Gaza strip an Earth embankment around a sewage Reservoir collapsed tues Day spewing a River of waste and mud that killed four people and forced residents to flee from a Vil Lage in the Northern Gaza strip officials said a local palestinian official blamed the disaster on shoddy infrastructure and in officials said they had been warning of a catastrophe for More than two years a 70yearold woman two toddlers and a teenage girl died in the sudden flood and 25 people were injured said or Muawiyah Hassanin of the palestinian health ministry at least 25 houses were completely submerged palestinian emergency work ers poled among the houses on Flat bottomed boats and chickens fled their coops to Perch High on Power lines Fadel Kawash head of the palestinian water authority said that the level of sewage in the Pool had increased Over the past few Days creeping up the Earth embankments around the Pool until one collapsed causing the sewage to pour toward the Vil Lage Ziad Abu Farya head of the Vil Lage Council described the scene As 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