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COMMENTS: From Tourism to Terrorism
The Swat Valley of Pakistan is a scenic beauty, Nick Schifrin showed us for ABC's A Closer Look. Well, he tried to show us but he had to halt his travels a two-hour drive away because it is "a valley transformed from tourist haven to a haven for terrorists." Since the Pakistani Taliban seized power there 18 months ago, 184 schools have been destroyed, 80% of the police force has either been killed or has resigned, 1500 people have been killed including politicians and local leaders. The Pakistani army has mounted a counterattack "but they have made so little progress that Swat's provincial government accuses the army of collaborating with the enemy."
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