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Pakistan sets up military base in Swat Valley |
2014-01-16 |
[DAWN] Prime Minister ![]() ... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf... on Wednesday announced the setting up of a permanent military base in the troubled Swat ...a valley and an administrative district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistain, located 99 mi from Islamabad. It is inhabited mostly by Pashto speakers. The place has gone steadily downhill since the days when Babe Ruth was the Sultan of Swat... Valley where Taliban faceless myrmidons shot schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai in the head. |
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