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English, 15.02.2021 19:50, Lucki1944

[The Taliban] had taken over her city in the Swat Valley, in northwestern Pakistan. It was such a beautiful place once, so lush and untouched that tourists flocked there to ski. But that was before 2003, when the Taliban began using it as a base for operations in nearby Afghanistan.

—“Pakistan’s Malala,”
Ashley Fantz

What changed people’s viewpoint about the Swat Valley?

The Swat turned into a big city and lost its natural beauty.
Tourists flocked there, and it became too crowded.
The Taliban began using it as a military base.
It was no longer lush and untouched.

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