Pak team in N Waziristan to hold Taliban talks

A team of Pakistani government representatives have arrived in the tribal region of North Waziristan for peace talks with the Taliban. It will be the first direct contact between the two sides since peace moves began last month. The government team flew by helicopter from Peshawar and are to meet Taliban negotiators at an undisclosed location. Militants from the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have been waging an insurgency in Pakistan since 2007. With its roots in the Afghan Taliban, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) - the Taliban movement of Pakistan - came to the fore in 2007 by unleashing a wave of violence. Thousands have been killed in the violence, according to BBC.