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State of Swat (Urdu: رياست سوات) was a state established in 1849 by the Muslim saint Saidu Baba, also known as Akhund of Swat, [2] [3] and was ruled by Walis of Swat. It was recognized as a princely state in alliance with the British Raj between 1918 and 1947, after which the Akhwand acceded to the newly independent state of Pakistan .
Swat, located around 240 kilometres (150 miles) from Islamabad, was a significant TTP stronghold until operation rahe rast in 2009, when the Pakistani military drove the armed group's militants out. [5] The new uptick in violence comes after peace negotiations between Pakistan's security services and the TTP failed to produce any results. [2]
On 24 April 2023, an explosion in the Counter-Terrorism Department building in Kabal, Swat Valley, Pakistan, killed at least 17 people and wounded more than 50 others. [1] Although the origin of the explosion is still being looked into, it is assumed that either an ancient ammo store or the explosive material kept in the building's basement ...
Nawaiwaqt (Urdu: نوائے وقت, lit. ' The Voice of Time ') is an Urdu daily newspaper in Pakistan which is currently owned by Majid Nizami Trust. It was founded by Hameed Nizami and launched under his leadership on March 23, 1940. [1]
Shahdara (Urdu: قلعہ کلے) is an administrative unit, known as Union council, of Swat District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.District Swat has 7 Tehsils i.e. Khwazakhela, Kabal, Bahrain, Barikot, Babuzai, Charbagh, and Matta.
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Swat then being a strongest hold of TTP required specific campaign and efforts by the Pakistani Armed Forces to free it from clutches of TTP once for all. This campaign which itself was part of larger military Operation Black Thunderstorm, came to be known as "Operation Rah-e-Rast", whereby Pakistan Armed Forces successfully flushed out Tehrik ...
Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM, Urdu: تحریک نفاذ شریعت محمدی, lit. 'Movement for the Enforcement of Islamic Law') is an Islamic extremist militant group. The group swore an oath of loyalty to Pakistani Taliban and become the part of it in 2007 aftermath the siege of Lal Masjid .