08 May,2009 05:47 AM IST | | AFP
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari today said that military operations against extremists would last until "normalcy" returns to the troubled Swat Valley.
"It is going to carry on until life in Swat comes back to normalcy," Zardari told reporters at the US Capitol after meeting key senators.
He was speaking after his Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani urged Pakistan to unite against extremists as air and ground troops pounded militant targets in the Swat Valley.