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Pakistan's displaced head home

Pakistan on Monday began sending home about two million people displaced two months ago by the army's assault on Taliban militants in the Swat valley. But a deadly blast at a suspected militant explosives cache in central Punjab provin

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Pakistan confident on nuclear assets safety

Pakistan is confident its nuclear assets will not fall into militant hands because it is constantly reviewing security and getting help from friendly countries, a senior defence official said on Sunday. As Pakistan battles a Taliban insurg

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Pakistani army makes headway in Swat

Pakistani soldiers have nearly cleared the Taliban from a district 100 km (60 miles) from the capital in heavy fighting in which the militants have suffered heavy casualties, the military said. Fighting in the Swat valley and the neighbour

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Pakistanis flee Swat offensive

Pakistan's military ordered people out of parts of the Swat valley on Sunday, temporarily relaxing a curfew to enable civilians to flee an intensifying offensive against Taliban militants. Pakistan hopes to stop a growing Taliban insurgenc

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Pak forces bomb Taliban bases after PM speech

Pakistani aircraft bombed Taliban positions in Swat on Friday, a day after the prime minister ordered the military to eliminate terrorists and on the heels of a commitment to the United States to fight extremists. Helicopter gunships, figh

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Pakistan attacks Taliban in Swat, US ups pressure

Pakistani forces attacked Taliban fighters in the Swat valley with artillery and helicopters today (May 6) after the US called on the government to show its commitment to fighting militancy. Expanding Taliban influence in nuclear-armed Pak

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Residents flee Pakistan's Swat after warning

Hundreds of people fled from the main town in Pakistan's Swat valley on Tuesday after a government official urged residents in some neighbourhoods to seek safety as fresh fighting with Taliban militants could erupt. A February peace pa

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Pakistan army pushes Taliban back

The Pakistan army battled through mountain passes on Thursday in a third day of fighting to evict Taliban fighters from a strategic valley, after US President Barack Obama welcomed its newfound resolve. The militants were still controlling

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Pakistan troops take town, kill over 50 Taliban

Pakistani troops took  the main town in strategically important Buner Valley on Wednesday after dropping by helicopter behind Taliban lines, killing over 50 militants in two days of fighting, the military said. The Taliban's advance e

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Pakistan deploys troops in Taliban-held dist

Pakistan on Thursday sent paramilitary troops to a district virtually taken over by the Taliban, a day after Washington said Islamabad had abdicated to the militants by agreeing to impose Islamic law in the region. Around 100 paramilitary

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