ISLAMABAD " Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has reiterated the Armed Forces will and resolve to establish writ of the government especially in troubled tribal regions of the country. The Army Chief during his visit to Swat on Wednesday met the field commanders who briefed him about the prevailing situation in Swat. Gen Kayani gave fresh directions to the security forces for the operations saying, 'No amount of sacrifice will deter us to do our duty.' He lauded the morale of troops.He also met notables of Swat and officials of civil administration. Earlier, Lt Gen Muhammad Masood Aslam, Corps Commander, received General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani. Agencies add: Authorities have intensified efforts to wrest back control of the valley - once popular with Western tourists - from militants trying to impose Islamic law, but lawmakers charged that the government had ceded authority. Gen Kayani visited Swat despite increasing security problems in the valley, security officials said. "The visit is important in view of the prevailing situation in Swat," a security official told AFP on condition of anonymity. The Army Chief met senior officers and soldiers engaged in the military operation, the official said. Authorities have stepped up their efforts to win back control of the area, placing several towns under a curfew with orders to shoot violators on sight. On Wednesday, the Army lifted a curfew on the region's main city of Mingora, said military spokesman Major Nasir Khan."We had reports of Taliban movement in the city. Security was beefed up and patrolling was intensified during the night but nothing happened," a security official told AFP on condition of anonymity. "The Army is present in most parts of the Swat valley and conducting successful operations against militants," chief military spokesman Major General Athar Abbas told state television Tuesday. "The situation in Swat has gone from bad to worse and is not under control of the civil administration," said Senator Ilyas Bilour, whose party leads the local provincial government. "The Taliban have control over 90 per cent of the area and want to implement their own agenda there," he said. The militants recently issued a list of some 40 MPs, government ministers and officials wanted by Taliban on charges of encouraging military operations and killings of people in the valley. Meanwhile, the bullet-riddled bodies of eight civilians were found dumped Wednesday in Swat, officials and residents said. The bodies were found in two locations of Minglore town, where government security forces have launched an operation to crackdown on militants loyal to radical cleric Maulana Fazlullah. "Five bodies were recovered from one place and three from another place," a security official told AFP on condition of anonymity. "The bodies were riddled with bullets," said a police officer. It was not clear whether the civilians were killed during the military offensive or executed by extremists. Fazlullah's men have executed dozens of state employees and pro-government supporters, and residents say government control of the area is practically non-existent. Authorities have intensified efforts to win back control of the valley, placing several towns under a curfew with orders to shoot violators on sight. But authorities on Wednesday lifted a curfew on the region's main city of Mingora, said military spokesman Major Nasir Khan. "We had reports of Taliban movement in the city. Security was beefed up and patrolling was intensified during the night but nothing happened," a security official told AFP on condition of anonymity. "The army is present in most parts of the Swat valley and conducting successful operations against militants," chief military spokesman Major General Athar Abbas told state television Tuesday. This week, lawmakers charged that the government had ceded authority in the valley. "The situation in Swat has gone from bad to worse and is not under control of the civil administration," said ANP Senator Ilyas Bilour. "The Taliban have control over 90 percent of the area and want to implement their own agenda there," he said. The militants recently issued a list of some 40 MPs, government ministers and officials wanted by Taliban on charges of encouraging military operations and killings of people in the valley.