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Floods ravage Pakistan valley that endured Taliban (AP)

August 1st, 2010

Pakistani villagers collect their belongings from their houses collapsed by heavy flooding in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan on Sunday, Aug. 1, 2010. The death toll from massive floods in northwestern Pakistan rose to 1,100 Sunday as rescue workers struggled to save more than 27,000 people still trapped by the raging water.(AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mahsud)AP - This village in Pakistan’s troubled Swat Valley suffered through years of Taliban rule and months of battles between Islamist militants and the army. But for a man who…

Blast in Pakistan’s Swat Valley kills 5, wounds 58 (AP)

July 15th, 2010

Pakistani soldiers and police officers guard the site of an apparent suicide bombing in Mingora, capital of Pakistan's troubled Swat valley on Thursday, July 15, 2010. The apparent suicide bombing near a bus terminal in Pakistan's Swat Valley killed three people and wounded at least 35 people Thursday, officials said, a sign that Islamist militants remain active in the northwest region despite a massive army operation against them.  (AP Photo/Naveed Ali)AP - An apparent suicide bombing near a bus terminal in Pakistan’s Swat Valley killed five people and wounded at least 58 on Thursday, officials said, a sign that Islamist…

Blast in Pakistan’s Swat Valley kills 5, wounds 35 (AP)

July 15th, 2010

Pakistani soldiers and police officers guard the site of an apparent suicide bombing in Mingora, capital of Pakistan's troubled Swat valley on Thursday, July 15, 2010. The apparent suicide bombing near a bus terminal in Pakistan's Swat Valley killed three people and wounded at least 35 people Thursday, officials said, a sign that Islamist militants remain active in the northwest region despite a massive army operation against them.  (AP Photo/Naveed Ali)AP - An apparent suicide bombing near a bus terminal in Pakistan’s Swat Valley killed five people and wounded at least 35 on Thursday, officials said, a sign that Islamist…

Taliban Ousted, Pakistan’s Swat Valley Still Longs for Islamic Justice (Time.com)

April 25th, 2010

Time.com - Last summer’s war may have cleansed the area of the Taliban but it also brought back Pakistan’s slow-moving judicial system, much to the chagrin of the locals

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