Lessons learned from Swat, Pakistan: Taliban is out, but refugees refuse to go home

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It’s been a year after the Pakistan military launched one of its biggest attacks on Taliban militants in the remote Swat valley, but the region has not fully stabilized. Among troubling signs is that Pakistani forces are having difficulty getting refugees to go home. Meanwhile, U.S. and NATO commanders have been saying that their offensive in Kandahar, Afghanistan will come later this year and could be the decisive battle against the Taliban. But what would this victory look like?

We’re joined by BBC correspondent, Aleem Maqbool from Islamabad. He tells us more about what the region looks like now as aid money dries up, and what still needs to happen to help Pakistanis leave refugee camps and go home.

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