ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, May 29 (UPI) -- Pakistan increased its bounty Friday for Taliban leader Maulana Fazlullah from $60,000 to $600,000, payable whether he is dead or alive.

WASHINGTON, March 9 (UPI) -- With unrelieved doom and gloom spreading on global airwaves, it is hardly surprising President Obama is pondering outreach to Taliban insurgents as he seeks ways to shorten a costly open-ended commitment. His chances.

MINGORA, Pakistan, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- A top local Pakistani official was kidnapped Sunday by unidentified gunmen in the Swat Valley, officials said.

MINGORA, Pakistan, July 20 (UPI) -- Fifty commanders of a Taliban chapter in Pakistan spent two days going over their strategy to combat the government, a spokesman said.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- It has been a grim year for Pakistan. Since the start of 2007 the country has experienced 54 suicide terrorist attacks, including two Thursday, one of which killed Benazir Bhutto, a former prime minister and leader of the Pakistan People's Party. Bhutto was a leading contender in January elections.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Pakistani forces say they killed 30 militants in their latest offensive to regain control of the violence-racked Swat valley, Dawn reported Monday.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- The Pakistani army reportedly has taken command in Swat from paramilitary forces to fight pro-Taliban militants in the northwest region.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Fighting between Pakistani troops and Islamic militants has resumed in the Swat valley as a cease-fire in effect since Monday disintegrated.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Pro-Taliban militants in the Swat district of northwest Pakistan reportedly reached a cease-fire with the military after heavy weekend fighting.