The military said 230 Taliban have been killed and 150 arrested during the Swat operation, while Fazlullah's fighters still control regions in the north and east of the district. Locals are forming "defence committees" in Swat. One Taliban fighter and a policeman were killed in a clash at a checkpoint in Charsadda city.
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