To understand the current conflict in Swat, one has to look back to 1897.
"A year hath passed since Aurangzeb is encamped against us,
Disordered and perplexed in appearance, and wounded in the heart.
It is now year after year, that his nobles fall in battle;
Posted by: ryuge 2009-05-31
To understand the current conflict in Swat, one has to look back to 1897.