Mingora, Apr 28 : Tension in the Swat Valley is fast growing as the Taliban continues armed patrolling and threatened a group of lawyers and recalcitrant militants. It also captured a telephone exchange in Sataal and looted two NGO offices in Saidu Sharif while preparing for a showdown with security forces.
Meanwhile, US spy planes flew over Matta, Kabal, Charbagh and Khwazakhela as Maulana Fazlullah was chairing a meeting of his commanders at an undisclosed location in the valley to devise future strategy.
Mingora, Apr 22 : Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan has said that they are ready to welcome Osama bin Laden in Swat, and added that they are not bound to honour the peace accord between the government and cleric Sufi Muhammad.
Pak Taliban said the NWFP Government had signed the deal with Tehreek-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Muhammadi and not with the Taliban, a private TV channel reported.
“Osama Bin Laden was welcome in Swat. Yes, we will help them and protect them,” Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan said.
Mingora, Apr. 18 : Pak-Taliban chief Sufi Muhammad has said that the National Assembly members who opposed the peace deal between the Pakistan Government and the Taliban in Swat, are no more Muslims.
The Tehreek Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Muhammadi chief was quoted by the Daily Times as saying, that Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain had nothing to do with Islam.
Mingora (Pakistan), Apr. 16 : The Tehreek Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Muhammadi (TNSM) chief Sufi Muhammad has said that the judgments given by the Qazis appointed in the Swat Valley under the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation cannot be challenged in any other superior courts in the country.
Talking to reporters in Imam Darra area of Malakand region, Muhammad said the Taliban would be urged to lay down arms and live peacefully in the valley.
He said that the `peace camps' would be re-established in Swat.
Mingora, Apr 6: Around 100 armed Taliban militants have entered Buner district from the Swat Valley and stationed themselves at Gokand Dara, spreading unrest among dwellers.
Taliban militants came in around a dozen luxurious vehicles, entering the Gokand Valley and occupied several hujras in different villages. Some local supporters who are associated with different religious groups joined them.
Mingora (Pakistan): The man who captured the Taliban publicly flogging a teenage girl on his mobile phone has refuted the outlawed outfit's claim that the video was months old, and that it was a conspiracy against it, saying that the barbaric incident took place only two weeks ago.
The only eyewitness of the incident named Shaukat, for the first time since the release of the video, appeared before media explaining the reality behind it.
Shaukat said the Taliban actually punished the 17 year girl following her refusal of a marriage proposal.
Mingora, Apr 28 : Tension in the Swat Valley is fast growing as the Taliban continues armed patrolling and threatened a group of lawyers and recalcitrant militants. It also captured a telephone exchange in Sataal and looted two NGO offices in Saidu Sharif while preparing for a showdown with security forces.
Mingora, Apr 22 : Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan has said that they are ready to welcome Osama bin Laden in Swat, and added that they are not bound to honour the peace accord between the government and cleric Sufi Muhammad.
Mingora, Apr. 18 : Pak-Taliban chief Sufi Muhammad has said that the National Assembly members who opposed the peace deal between the Pakistan Government and the Taliban in Swat, are no more Muslims.
Mingora, Apr 6: Around 100 armed Taliban militants have entered Buner district from the Swat Valley and stationed themselves at Gokand Dara, spreading unrest among dwellers. 
Mingora (Pakistan): The man who captured the Taliban publicly flogging a teenage girl on his mobile phone has refuted the outlawed outfit's claim that the video was months old, and that it was a conspiracy against it, saying that the barbaric incident took place only two weeks ago.
