The Taliban has fallen in northwestern Pakistan's Swat Valley, but for the three million displaced in the conflict between security forces and Taliban militants, stability remains far away.
Update from the Swat Valley in Pakistan
Published September 4, 2011
Over the past two years, the people of Swat Valley have faced a Taliban insurgency, poverty and brutal floods. Removed from the attention of the world, press freedom in Swat is under threat and NGOs are struggling to coordinate aid with the Pakistani government.
AAM speaks with Shaheen Buneri, a reporter for the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, to discuss how the people of Swat Valley are moving on with their lives.
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Shaheen Buneri is a journalist from northwestern Pakistan. He studied English literature and political science and graduated from the University of Peshawar in 2000. Shaheen started his journalistic...