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Hundreds of families fled Pakistan's Buner valley on Thursday as security forces battled through mountain passes to evict Taliban fighters, whose advance toward Islamabad had sown alarm.The military mounted an offensive on Tuesday after the Taliban had crept from their stronghold in the adjoining Swat valley into Buner, 100 km (60 miles) northwest of the capital.The Taliban's proximity to Islamabad had heightened fears among Western allies that nuclear-armed Pakistan was becoming more unstable.People had initially resisted the Taliban intruders, until a local political administrator persuaded them to submit.The administrator has since been removed...
Villagers flee battle zone in Pakistani valley
Hundreds of families fled Pakistan's Buner valley on Thursday as security forces battled through mountain passes to evict Taliban fighters, whose advance toward Islamabad had sown alarm.The military mounted an offensive on Tuesday after the Taliban had crept from their stronghold in the adjoining Swat valley into Buner, 100 km (60 miles) northwest of the capital.The Taliban's proximity to Islamabad had heightened fears among Western allies that nuclear-armed Pakistan was becoming more unstable.People had initially resisted the Taliban intruders, until a local political administrator persuaded them to submit.The administrator has since been removed...
