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WASHINGTON: Pakistan's foreign minister has vowed that his government would not tolerate al-Qaida in its Swat Valley despite accepting a peace
deal that includes imposition of Islamic Sharia law.

The West has voiced fears that the scenic valley, just 160 kilometers from Pakistan's capital, will turn into a safe haven for militants much like nearby Afghanistan during the 1996-2001 reign of the Taliban.

But foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, in Washington for a three-way strategy review with the United States and Afghanistan, said the presence of al-Qaida in the Swat Valley was "negligible if any."

"The Taliban will not be in charge. The government of Pakistan will be in charge there. We are not compromising with the Taliban," Qureshi told PBS public television on Wednesday.

"We have pushed al-Qaida out ... of Swat and we are going to drive them out of the tribal belt," he said.

Read Full Story at : Times of India