Pakistan Agrees To Islamic Law In Swat Valley, Angering Critics

PESHAWAR, Pakistan - The Pakistani government, desperate to restore peace to a Taliban-infested valley once known as the "Switzerland of Pakistan," agreed yesterday to enforce strict Islamic law in the surrounding district near the Afghan border, conceding to a longstanding demand by local Islamist leaders who in turn pledged to ask the fighters to lay down their arms.

 

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