Pakistan Civil War Updates -- May 17, 2009


Bloody Urban Battles Could Lie Ahead In Pakistan -- Yahoo News/AP

ISLAMABAD – Pakistani security forces fought Taliban militants on the outskirts of the main city in the northwest's Swat Valley and entered two other Taliban-held towns there, the army said Sunday, foreshadowing what could become bloody urban battles.

A top government official said the offensive near Afghanistan had already killed more than 1,000 Taliban fighters, while a group of pro-government religious leaders endorsed the operation but condemned U.S. missile strikes in the northwest.

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More News On Pakistan's Civil War

Pakistan's northwest reels as army hunts Taliban -- Yahoo News/AFP
Violence across northern Pakistan -- L.A. Times
Intense battles as Pakistan troops move on Taliban -- AFP
Fighting rages in Pakistan's Swat -- Al Jazeera
Pakistan vows to attack Bin Laden lair -- UPI
Pakistan claims it has killed 1,000 Taliban fighters -- The Telegraph
Pakistan: Offensive kills 1,000+ alleged militants -- AP
47 Taliban killed: Foreigners fighting alongside Taliban in Malakand: ISPR -- Daily Times
Pakistani Army Warns Civilians as Soldiers Advance on Taliban Town -- Voice of America
Taliban seek refuge in Pakistan city -- Monterey Herald/AP
Pakistan urges civilians to flee from Swat -- Reuters
More than 1.1m displaced by fighting: UN -- Daily Times
Radical insiders, not Taliban, threat to Pakistan nukes -- Daily Times

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