Reply #10: Civilians trapped in Swat fighting

[oberliner]

Tens of thousands of Pakistani civilians in the Swat valley have been trapped amid fighting between government forces and the Taliban.

Bodies were reported to be lying in roads, homes have been destroyed and people have been cowering with no means of escape after the military imposed curfews across the region during the clashes on Saturday.

Kamal Hyder, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Peshawar, the capital of the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP), said people were caught after the military imposed "unrelenting" restrictions across the region in an attempt to take control of areas held by opposition fighters.

He said: "No-one can get out; the wounded are lying at home. Most people are running out of supplies.

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/05/200959154512630830.html