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The head of Pakistan'蝉听Taliban聽said his militia is willing to negotiate with the government but not disarm, a message delivered in a video given to Reuters on Friday.

The release of the 40-minute video follows three high-profile聽Taliban聽attacks in the northern city of聽Peshawar聽this month: an attack by multiple suicide bombers on the airport, the killing of a senior politician and eight others in a bombing, and the kidnap of 22 paramilitary forces on Thursday.

The attacks underline the聽Taliban's ability to strike high-profile, well-protected targets even as the amount of territory it controls has shrunk and its leaders are picked off by US drones.

"We believe in dialogue but it should not be frivolous,"聽Hakimullah Mehsud聽said. "Asking us to lay down arms is a joke."

In the video, Mehsud sits cradling a rifle next to his deputy,聽Wali ur-Rehman. Military officials say there has been a split between the two men but Mehsud said that was propaganda.

"Wali ur-Rehman聽is sitting with me here and we will be together until death," said Mehsud, pointing at his companion.

Pakistani officials did not immediately respond to calls seeking comment.

The聽Taliban聽said in a letter released Thursday that they wanted Pakistan聽to rewite its laws and constitution to conform with Islamic law, break its alliance with the聽United States聽and stop interfering in the war in聽Afghanistan聽and focus on聽India听颈苍蝉迟别补诲.

Mehsud referred to the killing of the senior politician in his speech and said the political party, the largely Pashtun聽Awami National Party, would continue to be a target along with other politicians.

"We are against the democratic system because it is un-Islamic," Mehsud said. "Our war isn't against any party. It is against the non-Islamic system and anyone who supports it."

Pakistan is expected to hold elections next spring. The current government, which came to power five years ago, struck an uneasy deal with the聽Taliban聽in 2009 that allowed the militia to control Swat valley, less than 100 km (60 miles) from the capital,聽Islamabad.

A few months later, the military launched an operation that pushed the militants back. The US military also intensified its use of drone strikes.

Now the聽Taliban聽control far less territory and the frequency and deadliness of their bombings has declined dramatically.

The聽Taliban's key stronghold is in North Waziristan, one of the tribal areas along the Afghan border and the site of most of the hundreds of drone strikes by the聽United States.

Mehsud said in his interview that although he was open to dialogue, the聽Pakistani government聽was to blame for the violence because it broke previous, unspecified deals.

"In the past, it is the聽Pakistani government聽that broke peace agreements," he said. "A slave of the US can't make independent agreements; it breaks agreements according to US dictat."

Mehsud said that the Pakistan聽Taliban聽would follow the lead of the Afghan聽Taliban聽when it came to forming policy after most NATO troops withdraw from聽Afghanistan聽in 2014.

"We are Afghan聽Taliban聽and Afghan聽Taliban聽are us," he said. "We are with them and Al Qaeda. We are even willing to get our heads cut off for Al Qaeda."