Pakistan 'ends al-Qaeda search':

"The Pakistani army says it has agreed to stop operations against tribesmen accused of sheltering al-Qaeda suspects near the Afghan border.

At the beginning of the operation there were reports that Osama Bin Laden's deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, was about to be captured. But no senior al-Qaeda figures have been held.

American forces have been conducting their own operations on the Afghan side of the border in what they have described as a coordinated "hammer and anvil" operation."

The BBC reports says the Pakistan government will compensate tribesmen who suffered losses in the military operation, and most of the 163 Pakistani tribesmen and Afghan refugees who were arrested will be released.