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PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) – Taliban militants in Pakistan's Swat valley have moved into another district in a bid to broaden their control despite a deal designed to end extremist violence, officials said Wednesday. Hundreds of armed Taliban from the scenic northwestern valley have entered Buner district, only 110 kilometres (68 miles) from the capital Islamabad. The militants have set up checkpoints, occupied mosques and ransacked the offices of non-governmental organisations, a local official said. A Taliban commander said they would set up strict Islamic sharia courts in Buner as they have already done in Swat but would not interfere with...