SWAT, Pakistan, July 13 (UPI) -- Unsure if they have homes to go to, Pakistani refugees got on buses Monday to return to the Swat Valley, unwillingly in some cases, refugee Yaqoob Shah said.
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 6 (UPI) -- Thousands of citizens fled Pakistan's Swat Valley as government forces fought Taliban militants, a local official 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.
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. 23 (UPI) -- A kidnapped Pakistani official has been swapped for two Taliban militants in the country's restive Swat Valley, officials said Monday.
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.
