In Pakistan, 'Great Rage, Great Fear' - Pamela Constable and Haq Nawaz Khan, Washington Post.

In Pakistan, 'Great Rage, Great Fear' - Pamela Constable and Haq Nawaz Khan, Washington Post.

Authorities in North-West Frontier Province said that with the conflict intensifying, they expect half a million people to flee the once-bucolic Swat region near the Afghan border, much of which is now occupied by heavily armed militants. Officials announced Tuesday that they plan to open six refugee camps in the safer nearby districts of Swabi and Mardan, but until then, many who leave home to escape the violence are facing the arduous task of finding their own shelter. As the refugees begin streaming out of Swat and the neighboring Buner district in northwest Pakistan, they carry with them memories of the indignities and horrors inflicted by occupying Taliban forces - locking women inside their homes, setting donkeys on fire - as they tried to force residents to accept a radical version of Islam.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/06/AR2009050604220.html