MINGORA, Pakistan, March 08 (SPA) - Pakistani authorities have released 12 Taliban in a bid to consolidate a pact struck last month with Islamists in thenorthwestern Swat valley, a senior government officialsaid on Sunday. The Taliban were released on Saturday night aftertalks between North West Frontier Province (NWFP) authoritiesand representatives of the Taliban and the Islamists, officials said. "It was one of the demands of the Taliban. It was agoodwill gesture. We have fulfilled it and we hope now theywill play their part for peace," Syed Mohammad Javed,Commissioner of Swat, told Reuters.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/642207