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Pakistan releases 9 tribesmen arrested in 2005 for alleged al-Qaida links By HABIBULLAH KHAN Associated Press Writer KHAR, Pakistan Pakistani authorities have released nine tribesmen held for more than a year on suspicion of links with the Taliban and al-Qaida, a tribal elder and residents said Sunday. The men, who included relatives of fugitive militant leader Faqir Mohammed, were captured by Pakistani security agencies in May 2005 in the northwestern Bajur tribal region and were accused by the government of sheltering foreign militants. The men were freed Saturday "as a gesture of good will" following a meeting between government officials and elders from Bajur, said Malik Abul Aziz, the head of a council of tribal elders. Aziz said they were "grateful" to the government for releasing the men. "We will also extend full support to the government in the war on terror," he told a gathering of tribesmen after receiving the freed men. Khar is the main town in Bajur. Government officials did not immediately return calls seeking comment Sunday. On Saturday, a security official said a peace deal between Bajur's elders and the government might soon be signed, but he offered no further details. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to speak to the media. Mohammed Idress, a local resident, said the freed men included Gul Mohammed, a relative of Faqir Mohammed, a militant leader sought by security agencies for allegedly aiding remnants of the Taliban and al-Qaida. The release follows a Sept. 5 peace accord between the government and elders in another tribal region, North Waziristan, that ended years of clashes between security forces and militants. Pakistan, a key U.S. ally in the fight against terror, has deployed 80,000 troops along its tribal regions bordering Afghanistan to hunt down militants and try to halt illegal crossings. Al-Qaida and Taliban-linked Islamic militants are believed to have been hiding in Bajur, where they have been blamed for attacks in the past on security forces and pro-government tribal elders. Pakistani security agencies have been looking for Faqir Mohammed since May 2005 when they captured an Uzbek militant in his home. In January, a U.S. missile strike aiming to take out al-Qaida No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri in Bajur killed one of his relatives and about a dozen residents, sparking widespread anti-U.S. protests. 061022 083350 Copyright 2006 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. (F)AIR USE NOTICE: All original content and/or articles and graphics in this message are copyrighted, unless specifically noted otherwise. All rights to these copyrighted items are reserved. 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