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CHARSADDA, Pakistan—Hundreds of Pakistanis who fled a military offensive against the Taliban in Swat Valley began trickling back home Monday, but many families refused to leave refugee camps, demanding promised government assistance and citing security concerns.

In Pakistan's east, meanwhile, an explosion rocked a small village, killing at least nine people -- seven of them children -- wounding dozens and damaging tens of houses in a reminder that security in the country has deteriorated well beyond the northwest region bordering Afghanistan.