Torrential rains/floods kill 10 in northwest Pakistan
Pastor Dale Morgan
Torrential rains/floods kill 10 in northwest Pakistan*
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, May 25 (AFP) May 25, 2008
At least 10 people including six young children from the same family
were killed as torrential rain lashed Swat Valley in northwestern
Pakistan, police said Sunday.
The children, aged between eight and 12, died overnight when the roof of
their mud house collapsed in Madyan town of the scenic valley, local
police officer Jan Bahadur told AFP.
He said rain which started late Saturday and continued into Sunday
afternoon inundated several areas in the valley, the scene of a recent
Islamist insurgency.
Flash foods in Matta district killed two farm workers while two others
were injured, Bahadur said, adding that a couple died when their car was
swept away by rain water in Barikot area.
Swat Valley witnessed months of fighting between troops and rebels loyal
to a cleric, Maulana Fazlullah, who was campaigning for the introduction
of harsh Sharia law.
Under a peace deal signed last week the government agreed to gradually
pull out troops and introduce an Islamic justice system, while the
rebels said they would halt attacks and surrender arms.