Pakistan army troops patrol in Mingora, capital of Pakistan's troubled Swat Valley, Monday, July 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)Pakistan Taliban Says Swat Chief Alive, Vows Jihad -- Yahoo News/AP
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) – The Taliban Thursday denied claims that Maulana Fazlullah, architect of a brutal uprising in Pakistan's Swat valley, was wounded and threatened to unleash renewed holy war.
Pakistan said on July 8 it had "credible" information that Fazlullah was injured during a blistering offensive designed to crush Taliban militants who fought for two years to enforce Islamic law in the northwest Swat valley.
"Taliban chief Fazlullah is alive, healthy and has never been wounded," the spokesman, Muslim Khan, told AFP by telephone from an undisclosed location.
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