Small wire story on the slow return to normalcy in Pakistan's Swat valley. There's still a long way to go, and no telling what will happen in the future.
Sidenote: Pakistan is one country that despite sustained economic growth has actually been falling backwards, rather than moving forward, for decades on human welfare indicators. This has exacerbated violence in the country, where female literacy has been on the decline for some time. Much of it do to an absolute lack of political will.
Meanwhile, groups such as the Central Asia Institute have been working to improve the situation, but, rightly, only for communities that invite them. And many did. I wonder how many of their schools have been destroyed?
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