Pakistan's isolated Swat Valley is ground zero for a quiet experiment by the Pakistani army: a little-known program aimed at re-educating thousands of young men who were taken in by the Taliban.

A former tourist destination, the Swat Valley is now ground zero in Pakistan’s identity crisis. A move last week by the Swat militants into the adjacent Buner district, which is only 60 miles ...

In Pakistan's northwestern frontier, two men recently battled for the hearts and minds of people in Swat Valley. That's where the Pakistani government is trying to push back Islamist militants.

Taliban militants battle for control of Pakistan's Swat Valley. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Jan. 26, 2008— -- A father carries his son's limp body in his arms, the boy's hair matted with blood ...

(New York) - The Pakistani government should swiftly reverse its decision to cede de-facto administrative control of the Swat valley in Pakistan's tribal areas to the Taliban and affiliated groups ...

(New York) - The Pakistani government should immediately investigate reports of summary executions, torture, and mistreatment perpetrated during counterterrorism operations in the Swat valley ...

A dozen lawyers are helping other women in the Swat Valley with divorce, custody and inheritance cases. Some of the women lawyers defied the Taliban to study law and continue to endure threats.

Pakistani soldiers closed in on Tuesday on a Taliban headquarters in Swat, the military said, as the United Nations called for help for hundreds of thousands of people displaced by the fighting.

In the green hills of Pakistan's Swat Valley, it's the jirga that rules. Acting as the local council and court, this body's word is law here, and it has traditionally been completely composed of men.

The men were arrested during negotiations with the Pakistani military, according to a report in The News. The Pakistani military denied it was in negotiations with the Taliban. In June, Shah Doran, ...