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Pakistan issues dead or alive Taliban list

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Pakistanis wait for food and water at Lahore Refugee Camp in Swabi, Pakistan, on May 25, 2009. Pakistan's military said Monday it was facing "stiff resistance" as it battled to wrest Swat valley out of Taliban hands, in an offensive that has now scattered 2.38 million civilians. (UPI Photo/Sajjad Ali Qureshi) 
Published: May 28, 2009 at 11:37 AM

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, May 28 (UPI) -- Pakistan issued a dead or alive "rogues list" Thursday, putting prices on the heads of 21 top Taliban operating in the Swat Valley.

The most-wanted chart, complete with mug shots, went to newspapers across the country with radical cleric Maulana Fazlullah, the architect of the uprising in Swat, heading the list with a reward of 5 million rupees ($62,320), PTI reported.

Also on the rogues list are Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan and three other prominent Taliban in Swat -- Commander Qari Mushtaq, Mehmood Khan and Bukht Farzand -- each with a reward of 3 million rupees ($37,392) on their heads.

Interior Minister Rehman Malik said the group included those responsible for Wednesday's massive bomb attack in Lahore.

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