Article: Army takes Swat Valley city from the Taliban Military spokesman says troops were able to find militants with locals' help

Transcript: Pakistan Army Gains Upper Hand In Swat Valley
NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday;  May 31, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... limited. Major-General ATHAR ABBAS (Army Spokesman): I wish ... first. MCCARTHY: General Abbas says the military has its hands full in Swat Valley flushing out the Taliban ... fighting to return home. Mr. ABBAS: That's right, and before ...

Article: Pakistani army retakes largest town in Swat Valley
AP Worldstream;  May 31, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... spokesman Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas said. Pakistan's defense ... military operations in Swat Valley have met almost complete ... being restored. But Abbas said it would be at least ... humanitarian crisis. Abbas said an unknown number ... one month ago in the Swat Valley and neighboring ...

Article: Pakistani troops battle for control ; Attack Taliban in ...
The Boston Globe;  May 24, 2009 ;     660 words ... ... regions surrounding the Swat Valley, as well as mountain ... spokesman Major General Athar Abbas said 1,095 militants ... logical conclusion." Abbas said that elsewhere in ... Taliban fighters out of the Swat Valley town of Peochar. Taliban ... area in small groups, Abbas said. ...

Transcript: Challenge: Getting Swat Valley Residents To ...
NPR Morning Edition;  June 10, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... one more of the greater Swat Valley's two-and-a-half ... spokesman Major General Athar Abbas concedes that the army ... spilled into Buner from Swat Valley, making a mockery of ... MCCARTHY: General Abbas says the civilians who ...

Article: Taliban withdraw from Swat Valley
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  May 31, 2009 ;     501 words ... ... the main town in the Swat Valley, delivering the military ... spokesman Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas. Aid was being distributed ... being restored. But Abbas said it would be at least ... humanitarian crisis. Abbas said an unknown number ... one month ago in the Swat Valley and neighboring ...

Article: Swat Valley picks up the pieces after clashes.
PPI - Pakistan Press International;  December 18, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... the town of Matta in the Swat Valley. But our house was damaged ... Khurrams wife. The scenic Swat Valley, 250km northwest of Abbotabad ... over, but residents of Swat Valley, home to around 1.5 ... children here, said Amjad Abbas, a high-school teacher ...

Article: Pakistan arrests wanted militant commander in northwestern ...
Xinhua News Agency;  March 21, 2008 ;     340 words ... ... operations in tehsil Mattal area in Swat valley of North West Frontier Province (NWFP), said Shahid Abbas, an officer from the Inter-Services ... in tehsil Kabal area in Swat. The Swat valley, once renowned for its scenic views ...