ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, June 5 (UPI) -- Residents used a break in a curfew to flee their homes in Swat Valley in northwest Pakistan Friday, following evacuation orders, officials said.
Military helicopters leafleted the valley overnight, telling residents the government would ease curfew restrictions in several villages in the districts of Kabal and Matta to allow civilians to leave their homes, reported Dawn, Pakistan's English-language newspaper.