Even as hundreds of thousands of people stream back to the Swat Valley after months of fighting, one important group is conspicuously absent: the wealthy landowners who fled the Taliban in fear and ...

Ever since Khayal Muhammad's great grandfather built the first home in Chel Deepu along the Bishigram River some 130 years ago, residents in the village in northern Pakistan's Swat Valley considered ...

Pakistan, June 29 -- SWAT - Authorities in Swat launched a major crackdown on illegal hotels built along the Swat River after a tragic incident claimed 12 lives. The action follows heavy rain and ...

Feb 24 (Reuters) - Pakistani Taliban militants announced on Tuesday an indefinite ceasefire in the Swat valley in the northwest of the country, a day after the army said it was ceasing operations in ...

MARDAN, Pakistan, August 20 (UNHCR) - He misses his beautiful Swat valley, but 56-year-old Anwar* won't move back yet because he doesn't want to risk the safety of this family. "I don't know what is ...

Peshawar: Flash floods triggered by heavy rains wreaked havoc in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. A sudden surge in the Swat River claimed the lives of at least 17 people after a group of ...

(Reuters) - Pakistani Taliban militants announced on Tuesday an indefinite ceasefire in the Swat valley in the northwest of the country, a day after the army said it was ceasing operations in the ...