The local population is likely to take the brunt of the military offensive in the region, just as it has in the nearby Swat Valley where an estimated 2.5 million people have been displaced.

当地居民看来会因为该地区的军事攻势而受难，就像邻近的斯瓦特河谷一样，那里大约有250万人流离失所。

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This includes emergency relief to as many as two-million Pakistani civilians who fled conflict in the Swat Valley region earlier this year.

VOA: standard.2009.10.05

Former security chief of Pakistan's tribal regions, Mahmood Shah,says the military is better placed today to extend the Swat anti-insurgency offensive into other Taliban strongholds, like the Waziristan region on the Afghan border.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14

The military is trying to complete a two-month offensive to dislodge Taliban fighters in the Swat Valley region, and will soon begin a similar operation to hunt down top Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud in South Waziristan.

VOA: standard.2009.07.04

The Pakistani military has been conducting a month-long offensive against the Taliban, centered in the Swat region of North West Frontier Province.

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Meantime, the jihadists move on from the Swat region to the Punjab.

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It is the latest attack to strike Pakistan in the wake of its military offensive against the Taliban, centered in the Swat region of North West Frontier Province.

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