This time the line of vehicles snaking for miles down the sweltering valley — small cars packed with families and large trucks heaving with livestock and furniture — are not fleeing; the refugees from ...

MARDAN, Pakistan, August 20 (UNHCR) - He misses his beautiful Swat valley, but 56-year-old Anwar* won't move back yet because he doesn't want to risk the safety of this family. "I don't know what is ...

A Pakistani man who was visiting the country's Swat Valley as a tourist on June 20 was beaten to death and his body set on fire by an angry mob after he was accused of blasphemy. The mob severely beat ...

Relatives and residents gather with the body of a school van driver who was killed by a gunman in an attack Monday, as they block a road during a protest demanding the immediate arrest of the attacker ...

The boys shuffle into the room in a remote army base high in the mountains of Pakistan's Swat Valley. They are disheveled, disoriented. There are no smiles, their eyes stare at the floor. These are ...

Pakistan's northern valleys are preparing for a busy winter as widespread snowfall meets new year holidays, drawing families, ...

Ever since Khayal Muhammad's great grandfather built the first home in Chel Deepu along the Bishigram River some 130 years ago, residents in the village in northern Pakistan's Swat Valley considered ...

The Swat Serena Hotel has announced it has ceased operations effective January 1, 2026, ending nearly four decades as a key ...

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. 30 April 2010 Next week will mark for ...

One of the most vivid memories Yasir Nisar has of his 2005 honeymoon is of the “Western” clothes his new bride Cayyada wore as she bundled up in Pakistan’s frigid mountain temperatures. For more than ...

In what looks like a concession to the Taliban, Pakistan's president has signed a controversial measure that makes Islamic law the official legal system in the restive Swat Valley. And now we turn to ...

Pakistan is battling the Taliban for control in the Swat Valley and the impact the fight is having on the people who live there. Many refugees are fleeing the fighting. From NPR News, this is ALL ...