Hustle and Bustle in Khar as Peace Returns to Bajaur, The News International, 17 March 2010
EXCERPT: "All main and link roads were opened to facilitate the returnees to their hometowns while cellular phone service and World Food Programme centres also started functioning after a long time. Reports said that tribesmen, dislocated due to the clashes between the security forces and militants, have started returning to their homes and villages. The joy could be seen on the faces of tribesmen who were seen exchanging greetings over restoration of peace in Bajaur. Those coming to their native villages hoisted national flags on the vehicles and were chanting slogans 'long live Pakistan' and 'salute to Pakistan Army'. The government departments including educational institutions were closed after launching of military operation against the militants in August 2008, and the subsequent volatile situation in Bajaur tribal region. Thousands of families left their hearths and homes and shifted to safer places in the settled districts of NWFP."
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