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News Source: The Frontier Post
| 6 months ago
Large number of IDPs reluctant to move into relief camps F.P. More than one million people displaced since the start of the operation by the security forces against the militants in Swat Valley. However, the displaced persons have been pouring into...
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News Source: The News
| 6 months ago
Minister for Information Mian Iftikhar Hussain has appealed to the international community and the nation to realise the gravity of the problem of displacement in the troubled areas and assist the provincial government in its effort to provide relief...
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News Source: Voice of America
| 6 months ago
Pakistan's military has resumed its offensive against Taliban militants in the northwest amid rising concerns about civilians who have been unable to escape during days of intensifying fighting. Ground troops, helicopters and warplanes pounded...
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News Source: The Frontier Post
| 6 months ago
Islami Jamiat-e-Tulba (IJT) on Friday arranged a peace march from Jamia Masjid, Islamia College to IMS lane, with the aim to press the government to stop the armed forces' operation in Malakand Division. The students affiliated with IJT, held a peace...
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News Source: Dubuque Telgraph Herald
| 6 months ago
Pakistan launched air and ground attacks against up to 7,000 Taliban militants entrenched in a northwestern valley Wednesday, killing dozens holed up at emerald mines and on forested hillsides following urgent U.S. demands to step up the fight...
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News Source: Press TV
| 6 months ago
Ground forces backed by helicopter gunships on Thursday targeted al-Qaeda- and Taliban-linked insurgents in the Khawazakhela area, about 25 kilometers north of the main town in Swat called Mingora. Military sources reported that they managed to kill...
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News Source: Xinhuanet.com
| 6 months ago
Pakistan's army chief on Thursday said the country was capable of handling the current crisis. He made the remarks while chairing the 118th Corps Commanders' Conference at General Headquarters in the garrison city of Rawalpindi. The...
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News Source: Christian Science Monitor
| 6 months ago
A daily summary of global reports on security issues. Pakistan's restive Swat Valley is set to become a war zone – again. The Taliban have been busy mining the main streets of the valley's main city, Mingora, taking over government buildings, and...
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News Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
| 6 months ago
The Pakistani army stepped up its offensive against the Taliban in the Swat Valley Thursday, fuelling concerns that a brewing humanitarian crisis was worsening. Government warplanes, helicopter gunships and artillery pounded militant targets in the...
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News Source: Voice of America
| 6 months ago
Civilians are trying to escape fighting in Pakistan's Swat valley as government troops step up their offensive against Taliban militants after the collapse of a peace deal in the region. Military helicopters and warplanes were pounding suspected...