* Swat offensive will spark Taliban retaliation elsewhere * Punjab and Sindh provinces seen as susceptible areas * Stronger Pakistan police crucial to counter-insurgency By Luke Baker LONDON, May 12 ...

* Karate chops and kicks * Resilient Taliban * Gradual withdrawal of military By Michael Georgy LEBAT, Pakistan, March 24 (Reuters) - Swat Valley community policemen show off martial arts skills as ...

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan says it is close to beating the Taliban in the Swat Valley, but battlefield success alone does not equal victory: Militant commanders are still at large, local governments and ...

Hundreds of residents in Pakistan’s Swat Valley and Orakzai tribal district rallied to condemn a newly announced military operation by the federal government, with one movement calling for a ...

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. 21 September 2010 UNHCR is this week ...

Twenty-two people have been arrested in the restive Swat District of Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province following mob violence and the killing of a local tourist accused of blasphemy.

MARDAN, Pakistan, August 20 (UNHCR) - He misses his beautiful Swat valley, but 56-year-old Anwar* won't move back yet because he doesn't want to risk the safety of this family. "I don't know what is ...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Flash floods triggered by pre-monsoon rains swept away dozens of tourists in northwest Pakistan on Friday, killing at least eight people. The nationwide death toll from ...

MINGORA, Pakistan — Here in Pakistan’s Swat Valley, known for gorgeous sunsets and the calming sound of cresting river rapids, there has been plenty of misery over the past decade. First, Pakistani ...

The Pakistani Army claimed 40 Taliban fighters were killed in a new offensive in Khyber, while more than 100 fighters surrendered during an operation in Kanju in the Swat Valley. Get up-to-date ...

Earthquake today: An earthquake of 4.7 magnitude on the Richter scale struck Pakistan again, this time in the Swat district. The jolts were felt on Saturday, Pakistan-based ARY News reported.