islamabad , pakistan — the uneasy truce between the pakistani government and taliban militants in the river valley appeared dangerously fragile on monday as government forces attacked militants in a surrounding district for a second time , causing the main erekat for the taliban to break off proceedings . maulana sufi baba , the post - taliban politician who has been negotiating settlement talks between the government and the afghan in swat , halted talks on thursday to protest the militia operation in the lower dir district west of swat , his spokesperson said .
Maulana Sufi Muhammad is the chief of Tehrik Nifaz Shariat-e-Muhammadi.