Pakistani forces kill 12 Taliban in Swat

October 4th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistani security forces killed nine Taliban fighters during weekend operations in the troubled Swat Valley, the military said Sunday. Six militants were killed in a clash with troops and police Sunday in Banjir, a mountain village located on the boundary between Swat and its neighbouring district of Buner.

September 22nd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistani security forces have nabbed a top commander of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Shura Nasim alias Abu Faraj from the Charbagh region in Swat. Sources said Faraj masterminded several suicide attacks which have rocked Pakistan in the recent past.

September 14th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Security forces killed 16 more militants, at least two of them senior Taliban members, while one soldier was killed in clashes during searches in Swat on Monday, the military said in a daily update. Over 1,700 militants have been killed since Pakistani security forces launched the military operation against Taliban militants in the month of April.

July 21st, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistani security forces have killed at least 114 Taliban militants in two separate operation in Lower Dir and Swat regions, while three army officials have also lost their lives, a private TV channel has claimed. During the operation, troops managed to destroyed many bunkers and hideouts in Lower Dir, after they targeted the headquarters.

June 14th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Fighter jets and helicopter gunships were pressed into action as Pakistani security forces killed at least 35 Taliban in the country's restive northwest Sunday, the military said. The fighting in the Bannu district of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) came even as the security forces were consolidated their hold in Swat and two other districts to the north where the military is engaged in a major anti-Taliban operation that entered its 49th day Sunday.

June 2nd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Taliban leadership has shifted to mountains to regroup and strike back at a suitable time, The Nation reports. After losing hundreds of their low cadre militants in fierce clashes with the Pakistani Army, the central leadership of Swat-Taliban has simply left the valley and hopes to emerge stronger at the right time.

June 2nd, 2009 NEW YORK - The Pakistan Army"s offensive against the Taliban in the Swat Valley may have the terrorist outfit on run, but US officials and Pakistani citizens are frustrated that the military is unwilling or unable to kill or capture Taliban leader Maulana Fazlullah, despite monitoring him. Recently, the Pakistani military intercepted communications show that it has insurgents on the run in the Swat Valley.

May 19th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Sixteen Taliban militants and three security forces personnel were killed in separate overnight clashes in Pakistan's restive Swat Valley, officials said Tuesday. According to the authorities, the security forces are currently consolidating their positions in the valley.

May 16th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistani forces have killed 47 Taliban fighters, including two important commanders, in the northwestern Swat valley and three neighbouring districts over the last 24 hours, a spokesman for the Pakistani Army said Saturday. Major General Athar Abbas told reporters in Islamabad that some areas of the Swat valley adjoining Shangla district have been cleared of the rebels.

May 15th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistani troops have killed 55 militants in various parts of Swat valley during the last 24 hours. "Fifty-five miscreants have been killed in various areas of Swat during the last 24 hours while three security forces personnel embraced martyrdom and 11 others were injured," Pakistani military said in a statement.

May 14th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistani Army chief Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani Thursday paid a surprise visit to Swat in the country's troubled northwest where the security forces are engaged in an offensive against the Taliban that has so far resulted in the deaths of more than 800 militants.

May 14th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistani Army chief Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani Thursday paid a surprise visit to Swat in the country's troubled northwest where the security forces are engaged in an offensive against the Taliban that has so far resulted in the deaths of more than 800 militants.

April 26th, 2009 Pakistani official warns Taliban must disarmISLAMABAD — Pakistan's top civilian security official says the Taliban in the northwest's Swat Valley must disarm or "face action." Interior Ministry chief Rehman Malik made the comments Sunday after the military began an offensive against insurgents in a district next to Swat. The government agreed to a peace deal with the Swat militants earlier this year.

April 25th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistani Taliban stopped a convoy of security forces from entering their stronghold in Swat Valley on Saturday. A News Network International (NNI) news agency report said seven army trucks were stopped by armed Taliban at Qamabr, a small town of Mingora, the main city in the Swat Valley of North West Frontier Province.

April 23rd, 2009 Police: Gunmen kill officer in NW PakistanPESHAWAR, Pakistan — Police say gunmen fired on a vehicle escorting paramilitary troops through a Pakistani district recently infiltrated by the Taliban. The troops were among those deployed Wednesday to protect government buildings and bridges in Buner, a district near the capital of Islamabad.