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Swat valley death toll rises

Updated on 11 May 2009

By Jonathan Rugman

Pakistan's army continues its Swat valley offensive after the reported deaths of 700 militants in an anti-Taliban campaign supported by the US.

A bomb victim lies injured at a hospital in Peshawar. (Getty)

A suicide bomber killed 10 people at a security post as troops battled the insurgency just 80 miles from the capital Islamabad.

The fighting has led to an exodus of people from the valley, and there are now fears of a humanitarian crisis.

At least 360,000 people have left their homes in recent days, joining 600,000 others who had already been displaced.

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