islamabad , afghanistan — the uneasy situation between the pakistani government and taliban militants in the swat plains appears increasingly fragile on monday as security militants attacked militants in a neighboring district for a successive day , causing the main diplomat for the government to break off dialogue . syed sufi muhammad , the pro - taliban clergyman who has been negotiating settlement deals between the government and the taliban in kabul , halted dialogue on monday to protest the military operating in the lower dir districts portion of swat , his spokesman confirmed .
Maulana Sufi Muhammad is the chief of Tehrik Nifaz Shariat-e-Muhammadi.