Pakistan's army announced that it is fully vybila the Taliban from Mingory, the actual capital of Swat Valley, reports BBC News, Saturday, May 30.
This told the British representative of the Pakistani television channel command, Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas (Athar Abbas). However, he noted that small pockets of resistance on the outskirts of Mingory remain.
BBC News reports that because of the war zones removed all journalists to verify the statement of Pakistan army command would not be possible. The Pakistani military operation against militants in Mingore Taliban lasted seven days.
In early May 2009 Pakistan Army has begun to large-scale military campaign against the Taliban in the Swat valley (north-west of Pakistan). According to the latest UN, killed hundreds of civilians (still unknown to even approximate figures) and nearly two million refugees fled the region.
Athar Abbas in an interview with AFP said that it was a victory over the Taliban in Mingore, as in the rest of the valley "еÑе too much povoevat. Military experts predict that suppress resistance to the Taliban in the mountains of Swat, where militants are many well-fortified bases, it would be very difficult.
According to the BBC News, the Government of Pakistan has recently announced a reward for his head Maulana Fazlully (Maulana Fazlullah), the spiritual leader of the local Taliban, the size of 600 thousand U.S. dollars.
The fighting in Swat Valley began in connection with violation of Taliban combatants agreement with the authorities in Pakistan in February 2009. Then the government and the Taliban signed a truce with the introduction in the Swat valley of Sharia law. In mid-April 2009 the rebels have violated the contract.
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