MINGORA, Pakistan, May 9 (UPI) -- The Pakistani government urged civilians to flee the Swat Valley, lifting a curfew to make evacuation possible as the Army takes on the Taliban.
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.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, May 8 (UPI) -- Pakistan's Swat Valley offensive against the Taliban is threatening to become one of the world's biggest displacement crises, the United Nations said.
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.
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.
SWAT VALLEY, Pakistan, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- A Pakistani reporter was killed Sunday by security troops in the Swat Valley tourist region after allegedly refusing to stop at a checkpoint, sources say.
