ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, June 20 (UPI) -- Pakistani officials announced the military campaign against the Taliban in the Swat Valley is almost finished and said residents may begin coming home Saturday.
The fighting is believed to have displaced about 2 million people, The Daily Telegraph reported. The Guardian said about 10 percent of the population remained in Swat throughout the fighting and is now short of vital supplies, especially food.
The top Taliban leaders in the Swat Valley have not been found and may have escaped to Afghanistan, the report said.
Defense Minister Ahmed Mukhtar said the military focus is shifting from Swat to South Waziristan, the base of Baitullah Mehsud, the top Taliban leader in the country. The Pakistani military bombed the area Friday, preparing for a military offensive there.
