ABC: Attacks by the Taliban are up "300 percent" since Musharraf declared a "truce"

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http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/10/no_peace_in_pak.html

Pakistani Truce Already Falling Apart

U.S. military officials tell ABC News cross-border attacks by the Taliban are up "300 percent" since President Musharraf declared a "truce" with tribal leaders in the troubled Northern Waziristan region that borders Afghanistan.

"Politically, it is very sensitive for us to raise this issue with Pakistan," said a senior NATO officer in Kabul. "But the facts are the facts."

Reports from the district capital Miram Shah say Taliban vigilantes now patrol the streets, while Pakistani government officials and the military are all but absent.

U.S. military officials say militants are openly ignoring the truce's requirement that they lay down down their weapons.