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ISLAMABAD — Pakistan claimed Sunday to be close to capturing the leader of the Swat Valley Taliban after arresting five of his senior commanders last week.
Pakistan's army launched an offensive in April after militants seized control of much of the valley in the country's volatile northwest. It claims to have cleared most of Swat and killed more than 1,800 insurgents, although sporadic militant attacks continue.
The army announced Friday the capture five top Swat Taliban commanders, including spokesman Muslim Khan — its first direct success against the militant leadership.
Interior Minister Rehman Malik said authorities were now closing in on Swat Taliban chief Maulana Fazlullah.
"Fazlullah is surrounded, and he cannot escape us," Malik told reporters in Islamabad.
He said there were only one or two of the movement's leaders now left.
Malik claimed, "Fazlullah is now irrelevant" as midlevel leaders under him had been either killed or arrested. |
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BIRMINGHAM: Pakistan cricket captain Younus Khan has said the people can play key role in seeking solution of the problems faced by a country.
Younus was addressing a press conference organized by a charity Islamic Relief.  Younus along with team colleague Shahid Afridi hosted a fundraiser under Islamic Relief for the victims of the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the Swat and Malakand region.
“No government can resolve the problems of a country all alone, so the people should play their role,” Younus said. |
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ISLAMABAD, July 24 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik said that 850,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) by offensives against Taliban in the country's conflict-torn northwest have gone back to their homes so far.
Inaugurating two latest facilities at the headquarters of the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) here on Friday, Malik said that 25,000 rupees (about 300 U.S. dollars) to each IDP family is being provided through a visa card prepared by NADRA with cooperation of a bank and so far over four billion rupees have been distributed.
He said during the operation in Swat and Malakand, 3.5 million displaced persons have been registered. |
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PESHAWAR (AFP/APP) - The number of people who have returned home after being displaced during latest military operation against the Taliban has topped 50,000, officials said Friday.
“More than 50,000 people have returned to Swat since the government started bussing home the displaced persons on July 13,” local government official Khushhal Khan told AFP by telephone from the northwest valley.Of those, he said 17,000 people returned to Mingora, the main town in Swat, with another 10,000 expected to return Friday.
Overall 6,767 families have returned to Swat from different refugee camps in North West Frontier Province, he said. Government officials estimate that there are eight to 10 people in the average displaced family.
A spokesman for government relief efforts, Lieutenant Colonel Waseem Shahid, said that those families had returned in convoys.
The military said in a statement Friday that 8,990 families had been repatriated from camps back to Malakand. |
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