Pakistani Taliban militants in the troubled Swat valley killed two security personnel and captured 30 more a day after their leader issued an attack warning. The Tuesday attack occurred in the violence-prone northwest tribal area near the border with Afghanistan.

World Health Organization officials said on Thursday that an eight-month-old Pakistani girl has tested positive for polio in an area where militants campaigned against vaccination.

By Steve Metcalf of BBC Monitoring on 27 March Despite the large-scale offensive launched by the Pakistan army against militants in the Swat region in November 2007, rebel leader Maulana Fazlullah is still at large and broadcasting on his FM radio station.

Text of report headlined "Fazlullah's FM station resumes broadcast" published by Pakistani newspaper Daily Times website on 21 March Lahore: The illegal radio station of militant commander Maulana Fazlullah has resumed broadcasts in the Swat district of NWFP, BBC Urdu reported on Thursday.

Text of report headlined "Fazlullah's FM station resumes broadcast" published by Pakistani newspaper Daily Times website on 21 March Lahore: The illegal radio station of militant commander Maulana Fazlullah has resumed broadcasts in the Swat district of NWFP, BBC Urdu reported on Thursday.