Swat Valley

Taliban Fight Back Against Pakistan Offensive

AP | ISHTIAQ MAHSUD | Posted 10.19.2009 | World

Read More: Pakistani Army, Afghanistan, Terrorism, Pakistan, Mir Ali, Taliban, Nukes, Pakistan Army, Nuclear Weapons, Baitullah Mehsud, Pakistani Police, Waziristan, Swat Valley, Al-Qaida, Taliban Swat Valley, South Waziristan, Pakistan Police, Wana, Sarwaki, World News

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — Pakistani troops and the Taliban fought fierce battles in a militant sanctuary near the Afghan border, with both si...

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Environmental mayhem in Pakistan

Saad Khan | Posted 10.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Developing Countries, Deforestation, Environmental Pollution, Pakistani Military, South Asia, Zardari-Government-Fodpyworld, Swat Valley, Green News
Saad Khan

Along with other South Asian nations, Pakistan is one of the countries worst affected by environmental pollution.

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Taliban Returns To Pakistan; Immediate New Offensive By Pak Army In Waziristan Unlikely

Naveen Naqvi | Posted 11.17.2009 | World

Read More: Spotlight-on-Pakistan, Spotlight on Pakistan, Waziristan, Waziristan Pakistan, Swat, Pakistan, Swat Valley, World News
Naveen Naqvi

Now if the Pakistani Taliban have regrouped and found a leader in the newly elected Hakeemullah Mehsud, is it a good time for the Pakistan military to launch a new offensive in Waziristan?

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Pakistan Army Accused Of Extrajudicial Killings In Swat

nytimes.com | JANE PERLEZ and PIR ZUBAIR SHAH | Posted 11.15.2009 | World

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MINGORA, Pakistan Two months after the Pakistani Army wrested control of the Swat Valley from Taliban militants, a new campaign of fear has taken hold...

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Muslim Khan: Taliban Spokeman Arrested By Pakistani Forces in Swat

Reuters | Zeeshan Haider | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) �" Pakistani security forces have arrested the spokesman for the Taliban in the Swat valley, the military said, the first major ...

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Pakistani Army Kills 45 Taliban; Border Reopens

AP | ZARAR KHAN | Posted 10.16.2009 | World

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ISLAMABAD — Pakistani soldiers killed at least 45 Taliban militants in scattered gunbattles across the northwestern Swat Valley after a suicide ...

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Majority Of Pakistan Swat IDPs Back Home

GroundReport | Posted 09.28.2009 | World

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ISLAMABAD: Around 90 per cent displaced people, out of the total, due to the operation in Swat, have so far returned to their homes....

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Urban Pak Youth Meet With Their Swat Counterparts To Work Towards Change

Nosheen Abbas | Posted 09.26.2009 | World

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Nosheen Abbas

This retreat was organized by youths from Islamabad in order to share a message of progressive tolerance.

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Pakistan Military Accused Of Summary Executions After Dozens Of Bodies Found

The Guardian | Mark Tran | Posted 09.25.2009 | World

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Pakistan's security forces are under pressure to hold an inquiry after being accused by human rights groups of summarily executing suspected militants...

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Asking Pakistanis, When?

Betwa Sharma | Posted 09.12.2009 | World

Read More: Radicalism, Susan Boyle, Islamabad, Pakistan, Swat Valley, Taliban, Karachi, Revolution, Pakistanis, Pakistan Taliban, Pakistan Army, World News
Betwa Sharma

Why have Pakistanis endured decades of bad politics and their violent consequences? Why do they watch their leaders play a foolhardy game with the Taliban? Can they not do more?

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Conflicting Reports on Pakistan and Quality Reporting

Matthew Palevsky | Posted 08.31.2009 | World

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Matthew Palevsky

Thanks to over a hundred Eyes & Ears investigators who signed up through News Trust, we have highlighted some great journalism on the situation in Pakistan.

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Pakistan Taliban Attacks Prevent Return Of Landowners

The New York Times | Jane Perlez and Pir Zubair Shah | Posted 08.28.2009 | World

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Even as hundreds of thousands of people stream back to the Swat Valley after months of fighting, one important group is conspic...

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Sufi Muhammad, Pro-Taliban Cleric Who Brokered Swat Deal, Arrested By Pakistan

AP | ELENA BECATOROS | Posted 08.26.2009 | World

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ISLAMABAD — Police arrested an influential pro-Taliban cleric on Sunday who had brokered a failed peace deal in northern Pakistan's troubled Swa...

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Zebunisa Jillani: 'Princess Of Swat' Returns

GlobalPost | Posted 08.22.2009 | World

Read More: Princess of Swat, Pakistan Refugee Camps, Pakistan Taliban, Foreign Affairs, Pakistan, Pakistan Crisis, Pakistan Royal Family, Swat Valley, Pakistan Refugees, Zebunisa Jillani, Advocacy, World News

By Nasir Khan and Ayesha Nasir | Global Post ISLAMABAD -- When Zebunisa Jillani visits the camps established for Swat refugees in Islamabad, her f...

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Pakistan's Homeless Displaced By Fighting "Totally Ignored"

Nosheen Abbas | Posted 08.16.2009 | World

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Nosheen Abbas

They can't even provide us a tent, how will they make our houses? What are we expected to go back to?

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In Waiting To Strike Taliban, Pakistan Committed Strategic Blunder

Ahsan Butt | Posted 07.23.2009 | World

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Ahsan Butt

When the Taliban overstepped their bounds, both literally and metaphorically, it led to greater public support for aggressive action, and gave the civilian leadership badly needed political cover to order the latest military operation against the militants.

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Pregnant Pakistani Women Endangered By Refugee Crisis

UNFPA | Posted 07.20.2009 | World

Read More: Reproductive Health, Maternal Health, Humanitarian Aid, Pakistan State of Emergency, Pakistan Crisis, Photos, Foreign Affairs, Pakistan, Swat Valley, Advocacy, World News
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By Bill Ryan SWABI, Pakistan - Tajbibi was so weak by the time she got to the maternity clinic that the 19-year-old mother "fainted every time she ha...

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Osama bin Laden Is a Dead Man

Cenk Uygur | Posted 07.18.2009 | World

Read More: Pakistani Army, Barack Obama, Pakistan, Swat Valley, Taliban, Prediction, South Waziristan, Osama Bin Laden, World News
Cenk Uygur

Al Qaeda is running out of money and out of options. They have lost the good will of their hosts and might be in some serious trouble. Osama bin Laden will be killed or captured within the year.

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21st Century Statecraft: Texting for Swat Valley Refugee Assistance

Craig Newmark | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics

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Craig Newmark

In Pakistan's Swat Valley, nearly 2.4 million people have fled their homes after rejecting the violence of the Taliban, and hundreds of thousands now...

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Pakistan Refugee Hosts Stretched To The Limit (IMAGES)

World Vision | Posted 07.03.2009 | World

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World Vision

* Scroll down for photos By Chris Webster ISLAMABAD -- Poor communities in Pakistan's northwest are hosting up to two million people uprooted by re...

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Pakistani Swat Anti-Taliban Offensive Near End, Pak Media Reports

Rani Singh | Posted 07.03.2009 | World

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Rani Singh

Pakistani media outlets are reporting that the anti-Taliban counter-offensive launched by the Pakistani army is largely over.

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Pakistan Drone Attacks Guided By Planted 'Chips'

Wired | Posted 07.02.2009 | World

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It sounds like a tinfoil hat nightmare, come to life: tiny electronic homing beacons, guiding CIA killer drones to their targets. But local residents ...

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Mingora: Pakistan Army 'Regains' Swat City

Al Jazeera English | Posted 06.30.2009 | World

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Pakistan's army has gained control of the main city in the Swat valley after several days of street-to-street battles with Taliban fighters, a militar...

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Pakistani Army Retakes Largest Town In Swat Valley From Taliban

AP | ROHAN SULLIVAN | Posted 06.30.2009 | World

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ISLAMABAD — The Taliban have fled the Pakistani army's advance on the main town in the Swat Valley, delivering the military a strategic prize in...

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Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 06.29.2009 | World

Read More: Iran, Kuwait, Nuclear, Indonesia, Somalia, Pakistan, Swat Valley, Russia, Taliban, Israel, Lebanon, Election, Palestinians, North Korea, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, World News
Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet

The Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs : Noisy North Korea Facts: North Korea performed a nuclear test last weekend which, according to various sei...

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