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Taliban Militancy: Is the Game Over in Swat?

Shaheen Buneri, a Prague-based journalist for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, returns to his native Swat Valley in Pakistan to produce a series of reports on the lingering resentment two years after the government deployed 25,000 troops to wrest control of the region from the Taliban. His project focuses on reconstruction and rehabilitation issues as well as socio-cultural and environmental consequences of the conflict between Pakistani security forces and Taliban militants. The conflict displaced 3 million people from Malakand Region, of which Swat valley is a part, and left the health and educational infrastructure in ruins.

Shaheen is reporting for the Pulitzer Center as a 2011 recipient of the Persephone Miel fellowship.

September 13, 2011 | World Policy Journal

Dancing Girls of the Swat Valley

Shaheen Buneri, Mingora, Pakistan

Female singers and dancers living in Pakistan's Swat Valley can no longer make a decent living as the Taliban considers performers to be sinners and often attack those who pursue careers in the arts.

September 04, 2011

Update from the Swat Valley in Pakistan

Shaheen Buneri

After last year's devastating floods and a violent Taliban insurgency, the people of Pakistan's Swat Valley are struggling to rebuild the lives.

August 05, 2011 | Pulitzer Center

Life in the Swat Valley

Mingora is not only the administrative capital of Swat Valley; it is also the main center of social, cultural and economic activities in the Malakand region.