Residents of Pakistan's Swat Valley are reported to
be fleeing their homes despite authorities rescinding an earlier order
for them to leave. A peace deal between the government and Taleban militants in the
region appears close to collapse after the army said militants attacked
police checkpoints.
There has also been heavy fighting to the west and east of Swat.
A major army operation against the Taleban appears likely within a few days, says the BBC's Syed Shoaib Hasan.
Our Islamabad correspondent says the army seems in an
uncompromising mood, with the renewed violence apparently the death
knell for the peace deal, which has held since February.
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8033260.stm