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Swat Valley stories: 37 news summaries

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(Newser) - Pakistan's government abandoned its rapidly decaying truce with the Taliban today, al-Jazeera reports, with government forces openly battling militants in several parts of the Swat Valley following a Taliban attack on an army convoy yesterday. Tens of thousands of residents have already fled the area, and the government said it... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • evacuation • refugee • Swat Valley • Buner

 Pakistanis Flee Swat 
 Ahead of Taliban Clash 

Militants take control of main city in strategic valley

May 5, 09 7:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistani authorities have warned residents of the country's troubled Swat Valley to leave their homes ahead of an expected military operation in the Taliban-controlled area. The February peace deal between Pakistan and the Taliban, which included the introduction of Sharia law, has effectively collapsed, reports Reuters. Militants have infiltrated several... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Pakistan • Islamic Sharia law • Swat • Pakistan militants • Mingora • Swat Valley

 Pakistan Launches 
 Strikes Against Taliban 

Militant presence in Buner violates peace agreement, says military

Apr 28, 09 11:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistan has deployed troops and begun airstrikes against suspected Taliban sites in the Buner district, uncomfortably close to the capital. A military spokesman said some 500 militants are in the district, just over 60 miles from Islamabad, violating a peace agreement, the BBC reports. Meanwhile, tens of thousands have fled... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • militant • Pakistan militants • airstrike • Pakistan military • Swat Valley • peace deal • security agreement • Buner

 Pakistan Sends Troops 
 to Halt Taliban Advance 

Militants attack forces sent to retake district overrun by Taliban

Apr 24, 09 2:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistan has rushed  hundreds of  troops to an area overrun by Taliban militants, AFP reports. The extremists have seized control of Buner district—just 60 miles west of the capital—and witnesses say they are patrolling the streets, barring women from public places, and warning residents not to engage in... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • Islamic militants • Islamabad • Swat Valley • Buner

Taliban Just
70 Miles From Islamabad

Advances pose 'mortal threat' to US security, says Clinton

Apr 22, 09 6:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Taliban are expanding their reach in Pakistan and are now perched about 70 miles from the capital of Islamabad. The militants, recently given control of the Swat Valley by the government, took over the neighboring Buner district last night. Hillary Clinton told a House panel today that the "... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Taliban • Pakistan • Islamic militants • Swat Valley

Emboldened Taliban Gear Up for Pakistan Takeover

Taliban move closer to capital after peace deal allows Islamic law in northwest

Apr 20, 09 4:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistan's deal to allow the Taliban to impose Sharia law in the Swat valley in return for peace has inspired the extremists to seek further gains, the Washington Post reports. Taliban fighters are spreading deeper into the region—a mere 100 miles east of the capital—and leaders say they... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • Islamic Sharia law • Islamic extremists • Swat Valley

Taliban Wield Mighty New Weapon: Class Warfare

Militants exploit tensions in areas where feudalism still holds sway

Apr 17, 09 7:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Taliban militants are exploiting the deep class divisions in Pakistani society in a push to expand their power, the New York Times reports. The militants gained control of the Swat Valley in part by organizing landless peasants into gangs to force out wealthy landlords. It's a strategy that many fear... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • Islamic Sharia law • Islamic extremists • Swat Valley

 Taliban Flouts 
 Deal to Disarm 
 in NW Pakistan 

Critics see signs that nascent deal won't quell violence

Apr 16, 09 11:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Taliban's refusal to disarm in Pakistan's Swat province—believed to be a provision of the recent deal that officially brought Islamic law in the area—raises doubts about the prospects for peace, the Christian Science Monitor reports. The strict cleric who brokered the Swat deal agreed to the weapons... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • insurgents • Asif Ali Zardari • weapons • Swat Valley

(Newser) - Militants have been pouring into Pakistan’s Swat Valley, thanks to a controversial peace deal between the Taliban and Pakistan’s government, the Wall Street Journal reports. President Asif Ali Zardari signed a bill yesterday to impose Islamic law in Swat, effectively sealing his agreement with the militants. Training... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • Islamic Sharia law • Swat Valley

Pakistan, Taliban Call Indefinite Truce

Militants agree to extend ceasefire in Swat valley

Feb 24, 09 4:37 AM CST
(Newser) - Taliban militants and Pakistani officials have agreed to an indefinite ceasefire in the country's troubled Swat valley, Reuters reports. The agreement extends an earlier 10-day truce in which the Taliban agreed to lay down their arms in return for Islamic sharia law being enforced in the area. Militants in the... More »

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Pakistan • Islamic Sharia law • ceasefire • Pakistan army • Swat Valley • peace deal

Taliban Target Pakistanis With Relatives in US

Extremists kidnap family of immigrants, demand ransom

Feb 17, 09 7:01 AM CST
(Newser) - The Taliban have developed a new tactic as they grow stronger in Pakistan: kidnapping and intimidating Pakistanis with relatives in the US. Immigrants are targeted through their families for money or as punishment for perceived political dissent, reports the New York Times. This creates a vexing paradox for Pakistanis in... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • New York • kidnapping • immigrant • Swat • Swat Valley

 Pakistan Peace Deal 
 Imposes Sharia Law 

Agreement creates new 'order of justice' for Swat region

Feb 16, 09 7:32 AM CST
(Newser) - A peace deal between Pakistan and the Taliban will bring the country's troubled Swat valley under Islamic Sharia law, the BBC reports. The agreement "was reached after realization that it was the demand of the people," a regional official says. Since a violent Taliban campaign to impose Sharia... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • Islamic Sharia law • Swat Valley • peace deal

Taliban Declares Ceasefire
in Pakistan Valley

Militants begin peace talks with government, warn of retaliation

Feb 15, 09 10:08 AM CST
(AP) - The Taliban declared a 10-day ceasefire in a Pakistani valley and freed a Chinese hostage today after it began peace talks with the government, but an abducted American remains missing. The militants called the move a goodwill gesture, as its sympathizers and government officials discuss introducing elements of Islamic law... More »

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United Nations • Taliban • Pakistan • kidnapping • abduction • ceasefire • Swat Valley

 Red Cross: 
 Pakistan Now a War Zone 

Tribal areas become war zone as government steps up assault on militants

Oct 3, 08 6:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistan's escalating confrontation with the Taliban has plunged the country into full-scale war, the New York Times reports. A quarter of a million people have fled the fighting as the Pakistani army attacks the militants in tribal areas on at least three fronts, and 20,000 have flooded in desperation... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • refugee • Pakistan militants • tribal areas • al-Qaeda • Swat Valley • North West Frontier Province

 Pakistan Truce Cedes
 Region to Militants 

Government reins loosen in return for fewer attacks; West worried

May 21, 08 2:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistan struck a peace deal today with Islamic militants in northwestern Pakistan, the AP reports. Under the pact, the military will slowly pull out of Swat, a region along the Afghanistan border, and allow radical cleric Maulana Fazlullah to install limited Islamic law there. In exchange, the militants will recognize... More »

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Pakistan • Islamic militants • Swat • Pakistan militants • Pakistan military • Swat Valley

Pakistan's New Leaders Will Open Talks With Militants

New coalition will defy US, open negotiations

Mar 22, 08 7:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistan's new coalition government says it will negotiate with the militants thought to be behind a wave of recent suicide bombings, the New York Times reports. The change in strategy will alarm US officials, who have recently stepped up strikes on suspected al-Qaeda strongholds using pilotless Predator drones. Pakistanis blame... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • suicide bombing • Islamic extremists • Benazir Bhutto • Waziristan • Nawaz Sharif • Pakistan militants • Asif Ali Zardari • Predator • al-Qaeda • Swat Valley

35 Dead in Suicide Bombing at Pakistan Funeral

Service for police superintendent targeted

Feb 29, 08 4:05 PM CST
(Newser) - At least 35 people were killed and at least 60 injured today when a suicide bomber struck a funeral in northwest Pakistan' near the border with Afghanistan, the AP reports. The funeral in the Swat Valley drew 800 mourners for a police official killed today by a roadside bomb in... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • police • suicide bomber • suicide bombing • funeral • Pakistan militants • al-Qaeda • Pakistan military • security forces • Mingora • Swat Valley • North West Frontier Province

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