Back in their destroyed homes, Pakistanis form militias against lurking Taliban fighters

SULTANWAS, Pakistan — Village leaders in a former Taliban stronghold are rebuilding their own militia to protect the area from militants holding out in nearby hills after fleeing the Pakistani army’s offensive last spring.

As refugees return home to northwest Pakistan, government must help them or risk failure

SULTANWAS, Pakistan — Crammed into rickety vans with electric fans and sacks of flour roped to the roof, the first of Pakistan’s 2 million refugees have begun returning to their homes after the army said it expelled Taliban militants from some northern strongholds.

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