Where did the Pakistani government signed the agreement with tribal leaders?

Bush administration officials are to meet Thursday to discuss a new report by the National Counterterrorism Center. Officials say the report states that al-Qaida has found shelter in Pakistan since the signing of a peace agreement. The Pakistani government signed the agreement with tribal leaders in the country’s northwest. The report said the agreement effectively removed the government from that area and permitted terrorists to move in. The report also said al-Qaida has rebuilt its strength to a level not seen since 2001.

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf speaks to the nation Thursday about the raid this week on the Red Mosque in Islamabad. More than 80 people were killed in the raid. Early Thursday, Pakistani officials buried many of the Islamic militants who died. The clergyman who led resistance at the Islamic center Abdul Rashid Ghazi was buried in his ancestral village in Punjab province. Thousands of mourners attended the funeral.