Jun 3rd, 2009 - Wall Street Journal
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- The Obama administration pledged an additional $200 million in emergency aid to Pakistan in a bid to quell a mounting refugee crisis that has left millions of people homeless, and called on other governments to do more.
U.S. officials stressed on Wednesday that a quick and coordinated international response to Islamabad's emergency was crucial to underpinning recent gains Pakistan's army has made against the Taliban in regions such as the Swat Valley, a onetime tourism haven overrun by the Islamist militia in recent months.
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Pakistan army chief says tide turned in Swat
Jun 5th, 2009 - Reuters
ISLAMABAD, June 5 (Reuters) - Pakistan's army had "turned the tide" against Taliban fighters and aimed to completely eradicate them from the Swat valley, the army chief said, ahead of a meeting with U.S...
Student Hostages Released in Pakistan
Jun 4th, 2009 - VOA News
Pakistani officials said students and teachers kidnapped by Taliban earlier this week in the northwest have been freed. The officials said 46 students and two teachers were released after negotiations by tribal elders. Also in the northwest...
Pakistan army says fighters killed
Jun 2nd, 2009 - Al Jazeera English
The Pakistani military has killed 21 opposition fighters in its operations to remove the Taliban as a presence in the northwest. A military statement on Tuesday also said that three soldiers had died in the fighting in the Swat valley.
Pakistanis shelter Swat displaced
Jun 2nd, 2009 - BBC NEWS
The homeless are being given water, electricity and a roof Just over the mountains from Pakistan's north-western Swat valley lies Surki Dheri, a village of 10,000. Its deputy mayor, Sajjad Ali, is a landowner with a large estate...
Pakistan needs 'shift' to beat the Taliban
May 27th, 2009 - BBC NEWS
The latest deadly bomb attack in the Pakistani city of Lahore has once again highlighted the threat posed by the Taliban. The militants now face a much more determined government...
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