Pakistani soldiers take up positions on hilltops along the main road through Sakhra Valley. "We have very soft vehicles. This is one of our weaknesses, and any attack can cause casualties," says Brig. Suba Khan, in command of the operation in the valley. Two soldiers were killed the previous day when an improvised explosive device exploded along the same road. Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles TimesPakistan Troops Battle Taliban In The Sakhra Valley -- L.A. Times
Heavy fighting in Swat Valley towns has forced militants into more remote valleys such as Sakhra, whose landscape favors the Islamic fighters.
Reporting from Sakhra Valley, Pakistan -- At a remote base camp in the heart of the Swat Valley, Pakistani army troops are hunkered down in a temporary compound, a large private home whose owner recently fled the advancing warfare.
It is the third day of a nine-day operation to clear an area known as the Sakhra Valley, and the soldiers remain under attack by Taliban fighters who had made it one of their strongholds.
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