Pakistan’s troubled week
A view of a street of Sawari village, in the Buner district of Pakistan. The nation’s government dispatched a small paramilitary force to the district on Thursday after Taliban forces took control of much of the area this week. (Mohammad Sajjad / Associated Press)
A police officer stands guard in Daggar, the main town of Pakistan’s Buner district, where Taliban militants and tribal elders met on Thursday. Taliban militants agreed to lower their armed presence and not seek vengeance against residents who had resisted their arrival. But the militants said they would not withdraw from Buner. (Mohammad Sajjad / Associated Press)
A Taliban militant holds his weapon inside the mosque in Daggar, Pakistan, where tribal elders met with Taliban militants. (Mohammad Sajjad / Associated Press)
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A student strolls through the debris of a school allegedly destroyed by militants in Mingora, the capital of Pakistan’s Swat Valley. (B.K.Bangash / Associated Press)
Pakistani residents walk on a darkened street in Karachi, Pakistan. The nation has been experiencing acute power shortages. (Asif Hassan / AFP/Getty Images)
Pro-Taliban cleric Sufi Muhammad, who mediated a peace agreement between the Pakistani government and the Taliban, addresses his supporters in Mingora, the capital of Pakistan’s Swat Valley. (B.K. Bangash / Associated Press)
Pakistan army troops patrol in Mingora, capital of the Swat Valley. (B.K. Bangash / Associated Press)
