MINGORA, Pakistan, May 8 (UPI) -- The Pakistan military said it implemented a full-scale offensive in the Swat Valley Friday in an attempt to drive out Taliban militants.
MINGORA, Pakistan, May 5 (UPI) -- An expected Pakistani military offensive in the Swat Valley may prompt 500,000 civilians to flee the area ahead of the fighting, government officials say.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, May 4 (UPI) -- A Swat Valley peace deal between the Pakistan government and the Taliban is close to collapse, a spokesman for the militants said Monday.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- The head of the Taliban group that controls about 70 percent of the Swat Valley in Pakistan announced an indefinite cease-fire Tuesday.
MINGORA, Pakistan, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- A top local Pakistani official was kidnapped Sunday by unidentified gunmen in the Swat Valley, officials said.
TIMAGERA, Pakistan, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- A Taliban spokesman says the Islamic militant group is instituting a cease-fire against Pakistani troops in the northwestern Swat Valley region.
MINGORA, Pakistan, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- At least 16 Taliban militants and at least 43 civilians have died in a sustained Pakistani military offensive in the Swat Valley, observers said Sunday.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- A radical Pakistani Taliban cleric is demanding that a group of more than 50 Swat Valley dignitaries appear in his Islamic "court," local media says.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Pakistani forces say they killed 30 militants in their latest offensive to regain control of the violence-racked Swat valley, Dawn reported Monday.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- The Pakistani army reportedly has taken command in Swat from paramilitary forces to fight pro-Taliban militants in the northwest region.
