After moving into the Buner region of northern Pakistan last week, the Taliban began drawing back farther north. The Pakistani government threatened to force the Taliban out of Buner, the Associated Press reports.
The threat prompted the Taliban to retreat to Swat, the region just north of Buner that it controls.
Though the state has pushed [...]
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Taliban withdraws north in Pakistan
U.S. doubts Pakistan’s will to fight Taliban
American officials have become “very concerned” with the Taliban’s position in Pakistan, the New York Times reports.
Taliban forces control the Swat district in northern Pakistan. They moved into the Buner district just south of Swat and closer to Islamabad, the capital. Pakistan’s government sent out a small unit that was pushed [...]