SWAT: Security forces killed key militant commander in Swat offensive. According to sources, on a tip-off forces launched a search operation in Shakardara area in Matta. Militant commander Sher Rehman Gujjar was killed during a clash between security forces and militants while others managed to flee.
SWAT: An explosion at the house of a peace committee member in Swat’s Kabal Tehsil claimed the life of one person. Several others are said to be wounded. – DawnNews
SWAT: A powerful explosion has been heard in Swat area of Sohrab Khan Chawk, Geo News reported Saturday.
SWAT: An alleged suicide bomber has been arrested from Green Chawk area of Swat, Geo News reported Saturday.
At least three persons were killed and five others sustained serious injuries in a bomb blast in a commercial area in the Swat valley’s Mingora area on Saturday.
Months after the Pakistan Army declared the Swat Valley safe claiming that the Taliban has been flushed out of the region, the extremists have resumed their activities killing at least three local leaders in ten days.
At least six key Taliban commanders were killed in two different encounters with security forces in the Swat Valley, Pakistani security officials have said.
A fresh spate of killings of anti-Taleban local leaders in the Swat Valley of Pakistan could signal an escalation in the Pakistani Taleban’s campaign of attacks on tribal leaders, Amnesty Internatio…
A Taliban commander in charge of the Swat region of northwest Pakistan was arrested Saturday, a media report said.
SWAT: Two persons were killed and two other injured on Thursday in a firing incident in Kabal tehsil of Swat. According to sources, unidentified men shot dead two persons, a member of local peace committee. The dead and injured were shifted to a nearby hospital.