Pakistani authorities have filed charges against a cleric who helped negotiate a peace deal with the Taliban in the Swat Valley. The deal failed and the charges suggest the government will not negotiate again with the militants.
Sufi Mohammed, father-in-law of Swat's notorious Taliban leader, Maulana Qazi Fazlullah, is accused of aiding terrorism, sedition and conspiring against the government, Swat Police Chief Sajid Mohmand said. The charges carry a minimum penalty of life imprisonment and a maximum of death.
