Saturday, May 30, 2009

Pakistan Civil War News Updates -- May 30, 3009

Armed Taliban fighters gather at a hideout in Pakistan last month. Reuters

Pakistan Military Retakes Town In Swat Valley -- Yahoo News/AP

ISLAMABAD – Pakistani troops have retaken the largest town in the Swat Valley from the Taliban as the army presses its offensive against militants in the country's northwest, the army spokesman said Saturday.

Government forces had full control of Mingora, though they were still meeting pockets of resistance from fighters on the outskirts of the town, Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas told The Associated Press.

The military launched a major offensive one month ago in the Swat Valley and neighboring areas to oust Taliban militants who were extending their control over the northwestern region, near the border with Afghanistan.

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More News On Pakistan's Civil War

Pakistan Says Troops Take Control of Mingora -- Voice of America
Pakistan secures key Swat Valley city -- CNN
Pakistan claims to win Swat capital from Taliban -- AFP
Pakistan troops recapture Mingora from Taliban -- Hindustan Times
Swat's main town "almost" secured - Pakistan army -- Reuters
Pakistan Police Say Taliban Fighters Hiding Among Refugees -- Voice of America
Government vows to take ‘full care’ of displaced -- Dawn.com
A Better Bargain for Aid to Pakistan -- Washington Post
Pakistan extremists attack again, threaten wider war -- McClatchy News
Pakistan religious schools get scrutiny -- L.A. Times
Pakistan and the Bomb -- Wall Street Journal
Petraeus Warns of Declining Public Support in Pakistan for U.S. -- Bloomberg
Refugee Crisis Inflames Ethnic Strife in Pakistan -- Wall Street Journal
Why the Taliban is attacking the ISI -- Rediff
An Alphabet Soup Of Terror -- Forbes commentary

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