Pakistan’s military drove militants out of Swat in 2009.
Mashal de -radicalisation centre is in the building which used to be
the headquarters of the militants from where they imposed there austere
version of Islam.Eventually, the army realised it couldn’t secure long-term peace with bullets alone.
So military officers, trainers, moderate clerics and psychologists were chosen to run three-month courses designed to erase “radical thoughts” of those accused of aiding the Taliban.
School officials say about 1,000 people have graduated since the initiative began two years ago, and that only 10 per cent were not cleared for release.
Men make wooden panels in a classroom at the Mashal de-radicalisation centre run by the Pakistani army in Gulibagh, Pakistan’s Swat Valley. – Photo by Reuters
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