Pakistani refugees wait for food, water in Swabi, Pakistan
Pakistani internally displaced children queue for food at a makeshift 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)
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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.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, May 25 (UPI) -- Pakistan is having to contend with throngs of displaced people while its army successfully battles militants in its northwestern region, officials say.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, May 24 (UPI) -- Officials in Pakistan say they have captured from Taliban forces important neighborhoods in Mingora, the largest city in the contested Swat Valley.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, May 23 (UPI) -- Pakistan's assault on Taliban militants in the Swat Valley is an opportunity to help rid the entire world of extremism, President Asif Ali Zardari says.
NEW DELHI, May 11 (UPI) -- India's Sikh community had demonstrations to protest reported violence against its members by the Taliban in Pakistan's Swat Valley.
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 8 (UPI) -- Pakistan's Swat Valley offensive against the Taliban is threatening to become one of the world's biggest displacement crises, the United Nations said.
WASHINGTON, May 8 (UPI) -- Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari says his country's military offensive against Taliban militants will "go on till the situation returns to normal."
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