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Resurfacing in Swat

AP Published December 6, 2010
In this image taken on Dec. 2, 2010 a girl attends a vocational school in Mingora, Pakistan. More than a year after an army offensive that wrested control from the insurgents, life is starting to resemble normal. ? AP
In this image taken on Dec. 2, 2010 a girl attends a vocational school in Mingora, Pakistan. More than a year after an army offensive that wrested control from the insurgents, life is starting to resemble normal. ? AP
In this image taken on Nov. 30, 2010 Pakistani women from Swat Valley walk in a market in Mingora, Pakistan. More than a year after an army offensive that wrested control from the insurgents, veiled women have started venturing out to shop for food and clothes. ? AP
In this image taken on Nov. 30, 2010 Pakistani women from Swat Valley walk in a market in Mingora, Pakistan. More than a year after an army offensive that wrested control from the insurgents, veiled women have started venturing out to shop for food and clothes. ? AP
In this image taken on Dec. 1, 2010 girls attend school in Mingora, Pakistan. More than a year after an army offensive that wrested control from the insurgents, schoolgirls again flock giggling on the streets of Mingora. ? AP
In this image taken on Dec. 1, 2010 girls attend school in Mingora, Pakistan. More than a year after an army offensive that wrested control from the insurgents, schoolgirls again flock giggling on the streets of Mingora. ? AP
In this image taken on Dec. 1, 2010 girls attend vocational school in Mingora. ? AP
In this image taken on Dec. 1, 2010 girls attend vocational school in Mingora. ? AP
In this image taken on Dec. 1, 2010 a girl fills colors in a calligraphy at a vocational school in Mingora, Pakistan. ? AP
In this image taken on Dec. 1, 2010 a girl fills colors in a calligraphy at a vocational school in Mingora, Pakistan. ? AP
In this image taken on Dec. 1, 2010 girls attend school in Mingora. ? AP
In this image taken on Dec. 1, 2010 girls attend school in Mingora. ? AP
In this image taken on Dec. 2, 2010 girls walk past paintings prepared at a vocational school in Mingora, Pakistan. Most of the 2 million who fled Taliban oppression and the fighting to oust them have returned. ? AP
In this image taken on Dec. 2, 2010 girls walk past paintings prepared at a vocational school in Mingora, Pakistan. Most of the 2 million who fled Taliban oppression and the fighting to oust them have returned. ? AP

More than a year after an army offensive that wrested control from the insurgents, life is starting to resemble normal in Swat Valley.

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