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New York (PTI): Refugees from Swat valley, displaced by conflict between the Taliban militants and the Pakistani forces in the restive north-west region of the country have started returning home, the UN has said.
While 800 internally displaced people returned to the Swat Valley on Tuesday, another 5,200 people were scheduled to return home today, the UN spokesman, Michele Montas told reporters at the UN headquarters in New York.
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