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Nuclear-armed Pakistan hopes to stop a growing Taliban insurgency with its offensive in the former tourist valley 130 km (80 miles) from Islamabad after U.S. criticism that the government was failing to act against the Islamist militants. Nearly 200 militants have been killed in the fighting in recent days, according to the military. The figure could not be independently confirmed. Hundreds of thousands of people have left Swat in the past week and in all about 500,000 are expected to get out. They join 555,000 people displaced earlier from Swat and other areas because of fighting since August. "We have ordered the civilian population in four districts to vacate the areas," said Nasir Khan, a military spokesman in the region. "They have seven hours to leave because we have to strike militant hideouts there," he said. The army went on a full-scale offensive on Thursday after the government ordered troops to flush out militants from the Taliban stronghold. Fighting had picked up in previous days, triggering a civilian exodus but concern has been growing about the fate of those still trapped and unable to move because of the curfew. The lifting of the curfew for seven hours on Sunday triggered a new flood, although residents said transport was hard to come by as the military was not letting vehicles into the valley. "Everybody wants to get out of this hell," Zubair Khan, a resident of Mingora, the valley's main town, said by telephone. "Some are driving out while many are just on foot. They don't know where they're heading but staying here just means death." "TOUGH BATTLE" Helicopters and warplanes targeted militant hideouts in Mingora and other areas in Swat on Sunday, the military's Nasir Khan said, adding he had no information about casualties. "It's a tough battle. They're operating in small groups. They don't fight a pitched battle but we're closing in on them, squeezing them and have cut their supply lines," he said. 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