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Article: Swat valley refugees allowed home.
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- Aljazeera.net
- Article date:
- July 10, 2009
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7/9/2009 5:31:19 PM
About two million people who fled their homes during an army offensive against Taliban fighters in Pakistan's Swat valley will be allowed to return, the country's prime minister has said.
The region is secure and refugees can go back to the northwestern region from Monday, Yusuf Reza Gilani said on Thursday.
"The electricity has been restored, the gas has been restored, the gas stations have been restored and even the banks have been restored," he said in a televised news conference.
Pakistani army troops will continue to patrol the valley to make sure that Taliban fighters do not return, he said.
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