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 ...

A Pakistani man who was visiting the country's Swat Valley as a tourist on June 20 was beaten to death and his body set on fire by an angry mob after he was accused of blasphemy. The mob severely beat ...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan agreed to introduce Islamic law in Swat valley and neighboring areas of the northwest on Monday in a bid to take the steam out of a Taliban uprising raging ...

Hundreds of residents in Pakistan’s Swat Valley and Orakzai tribal district rallied to condemn a newly announced military operation by the federal government, with one movement calling for a ...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Flash floods triggered by pre-monsoon rains swept away dozens of tourists in northwest Pakistan on Friday, killing at least eight people. The nationwide death toll from ...

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan says it is close to beating the Taliban in the Swat Valley, but battlefield success alone does not equal victory: Militant commanders are still at large, local governments and ...

ISLAMABAD -- The Taliban have fled the Pakistani army's advance on the main town in the Swat Valley, delivering the military a strategic prize in its offensive against militants in the country's ...

Half a million people displaced; over 100 girls’ schools closed; ‘bloody square’ punishments; half of all police deserting their posts The Pakistani government should act immediately to protect ...