Swat residents ‘flee their homes’

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Resident’s of Pakistan’s Swat Valley are reported to be fleeing their homes despite authorities rescinding an earlier order for them to leave.

A peace deal between the government and Taleban militants in the region appears close to collapse after the army said militants attacked police checkpoints.

There has also been heavy fighting to the west and east of Swat.

A major army operation against the Taleban appears likely within a few days, says the BBC’s Syed Shoaib Hasan.

Our Islamabad correspondent says the army appears to be in an uncompromising mood as the renewed violence appears to be the death knell for the peace deal, which has held since February.

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