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Pakistani Taliban seize control of key Swat valley town

 

The Taliban have seized control of the main town in Pakistan's
Swat valley, threatening a return to full-blown fighting with the army
and signalling the death knell for a fragile peace deal with the
provincial government.

Taliban fighters are laying siege to the main power station in Mingora, where an estimated 46 security personnel were holed up after a firefight last night, residents and officials said.

Elsewhere militants patrolled the deserted city streets and occupied the rooftops of several tall buildings. Yesterday the militants blew up an empty police station and a government school and kidnapped several officers.

Frightened residents, who spent a sleepless night amid sounds of gunfire and explosions, remained in their homes. The government imposed a curfew but the militants were in charge, with police confined to their stations.