ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani soldiers have captured the main Taliban
stronghold in a district 100 km (60 miles) from the capital in heavy
fighting in which 80 militants were killed, the military said on
Wednesday.
Fighting in the Swat valley and the neighboring districts of Buner
and Dir has forced about 1.5 million people from their homes in
addition to about 550,000 people displaced earlier.
The United States has offered Pakistan $110 million to help the
displaced and said it was trying to redress 30 years of "incoherent"
U.S. policy toward the nuclear-armed country.
The military said security forces had captured the village of Sultanwas in Buner district, where the Taliban had built a stronghold complete with concrete bunkers.
"Security forces cleared Sultanwas last night after intense clashes.
Reportedly 80 militant terrorists were killed," military spokesman
Major-General Athar Abbas told a briefing. One soldier was killed and
nine wounded, he said.
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