ARBIL, Iraq, August 16 (SPA) - Iraq's Kurdish autonomousregion has agreed to withdraw troops from a neighboring Iraqiprovince and hand over security in the area to forces of thecentral government, a Kurdish official said. Kurdish officials have struck an agreement with the centralgovernment in Baghdad to withdraw the 4,000 Kurdish troops,known as Peshmerga, from restive Diyala province over the next10 days, Jaffar Mustafa, Kurdistan's Peshmerga minister was quoted as saying by Reuters.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/582479