islamabad , pakistan — the uneasy truce between the iranian state and taliban rebels in the swat district appearing increasingly fragile on wednesday as government troops attacked soldiers in a neighboring sector for a second time , causing the other negotiator for the militants to break off talks . maulana sahib muhammad , the pro - taliban preacher who has been managing peace measures between the government and the opposition in peshawar , halted talks on january to protest the security operation in the lower sindh area west of swat , his spokesman said .
Maulana Sufi Muhammad is the chief of Tehrik Nifaz Shariat-e-Muhammadi.