Taliban militants are threatening to launch suicide attacks across Pakistan unless military operations against them are stopped.
Wednesday's threat came after the Pakistani army said it had killed 20 Taliban rebels and imposed a curfew in northwestern Swat Valley, where a two-month-old peace deal appears on the brink of collapse.
An army spokesman says a gunbattle erupted after pro-Taliban fighters attacked a security checkpoint. The clashes took place a day after Taliban forces kidnapped 30 security officials in Swat, two months after signing a peace agreement with Islamabad. |