* Fear of Taliban lingers * Haunted by beheadings * Residents want military to stay By Michael Georgy MINGORA, Pakistan, March 22 (Reuters) - Kishwar Begum studied nursing until she apparently decided ...

* 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 ...

A quadcopter attack by Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan on a Federal Constabulary headquarters in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province killed a paramilitary official and injured two others. Separately, a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

ISLAMABAD -- The Taliban have fled the Pakistani army's advance on the main town in the Swat Valley, delivering the military a strategic prize in its offensive against militants in the country's ...