Pakistan And Swat Valley

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  Joy In Nobel Winner Malala Yousafzai's Hometown, Though Some Pakistanis Decry Her

  In the Pakistani hometown of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai, reminders are frequent of the daughter of scenic northwestern Swat Valley who survived a gun attack and so are memories of harsh rule by the Taliban.

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  11 Soldiers Dead, 13 Wounded In Suicide Attack In Pakistan's Swat Valley

  At least 11 soldiers were killed and 13 wounded on Saturday in a suicide attack near an army base in northern Pakistan, officials said, in a region that was once controlled by a local faction of the Taliban.

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  Taliban Phone Calls Demanding Cash Stir Fears Of A Comeback In Pakistan

  When Pakistani shopkeeper Abdur Rahim's phone rang in mid-October, he was shocked to hear the voice of a senior terrorist commander demanding protection money from him and his fellow traders in the Swat Valley.

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  Malala Yousafzai Becomes Millionaire With Book Sales, Lectures

  Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai and her family have become millionaires as a result of income from her memoir describing life under Taliban rule in Pakistan's picturesque Swat valley and appearances on the lecture circuit around the world.

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  Bomb in Toy Kills Father, 2 Children in Pakistan

  A father and two of his children were killed in northwest Pakistan today after a bomb concealed inside a toy went off inside their home.

• Fighters Kill Pakistani Soldiers Near Afghanistan Border

  Militants killed a Pakistan army captain and two soldiers in a cross-border attack early Saturday in a tribal region near Afghanistan, as an airstrike killed 13 suspected extremist fighters, authorities said.

• Pakistan displaced families put faith in peace talks

  For Zarmata Bibi, a grandmother from Pakistan's volatile tribal areas, landmark peace talks between the government and the Taliban aimed at ending a seven-year insurgency couldn't come soon enough.

• Grenade attack on cinema kills four in northwest Pakistan: officials

  At least four people were killed and 31 wounded late on Sunday when unidentified attackers hurled two grenades at a cinema in northwest Pakistan, police and medics said.

• Malala Yousafzai's hometown puts brave face on Nobel disappointment

  Friends and supporters of Malala Yousafzai in Pakistan voiced disappointment as she missed out on the Nobel Peace Prize Friday, but the Tailban said they were "delighted" at the news.

• World cheers Malala, but Pakistanis scared to support

  One year after a Taliban bullet tried to silence Malala Yousufzai's demand for girls' education, she has published a book and is a contender for the Nobel Peace Prize. But the militants threaten to kill her should she dare return home to Pakistan, and the principal at her old school says that as Malala's fame has grown, so has fear in her classroom...

• Pakistani Taliban vow to attack Malala Yousafzai again

  The Pakistani Taliban on Monday said schoolgirl campaigner Malala Yousafzai had "no courage" and vowed to attack her again if they got the chance.

• Pakistan army chief Ashfaq Parvez Kayani to retire on November 29

  Pakistan's powerful Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani today declared that he was not seeking any more extension and would retire as scheduled on November 29, laying to rest intense speculation about his future.

• Heavy rains and flood in Pakistan kill 19 people

  At least 19 people have been killed and 42 others injured in flash floods triggered by heavy rains in Pakistan, even as authorities warned the situation may worsen further.

• Pakistan women challenge men in first female Jirga

  When 16-year-old Tahira was murdered in a horrific acid attack last year, her poverty-stricken parents got no justice. Pakistan officials slammed the door in their faces and the police refused to listen.

• Who is Malala Yousafzai?

  She wanted an education. To become a doctor, though lately people close to her suggested that ambition might have changed to politician. Many young girls in any part of the world share such dreams. But they are not shot in the head and neck for it. Pakistan's Malala Yousafzai, all of 15, was. By Taliban gunmen who sought her out in a bus full of sc...