In this Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014 photo, negotiators from Pakistani Taliban committee, from left to right, Maulana Yousaf Shah, Ibrahim Khan, Maulana Sami-ul-Haq, and Maunala Abdul Aziz, hold a press conference in Islamabad, Pakistan. The Pakistani government has recently opened negotiations with domestic militants called the Pakistani Taliban designed to end years of fighting in the northwest that has cost thousands of lives and forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)