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India-Pakistan
1.2 million people leave Buner, Swat other areas
2009-05-09
[Geo News] As many as 1.2 million people have migrated from Buner, Swat and other areas of NWFP amid the ongoing military operation in these areas. NWFP Minister for Environment and Forests Wajid Ali giving press briefing in Peshawar Media Centre said this. Meanwhile, Chairman National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Farooq Ahmed Khan said arrangements have been made to look after 80,000 displaced persons coming from Malakand Division and tribal areas.

Relief camps have been set up in Yar Hussain, Jalala, Cheekh Faizan, Shah Mansoor, Hand and Pir Daga areas for the refugees. So far 13,000 families have been registered at the relief camps. Edhi Welfare Trust sources say that more than 92,000 families have taken shelter in relief camps set up in Hayatabad, Charsadda, Noshera, Mardan, Swabi, Malakand and other areas. Pakistan Muslim League-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has also set up a relief fund for the displaced persons.
Posted by:Fred

#4  Illustrates the difference between "smart bombs" and "dumb bombs". The Taliban just has to be somewhere in the area and civilians are killed. Course the Taliban tends to herd them into the kill zone.
Posted by: tipover   2009-05-09 19:48  

#3  It's from all the blind artillery the Paki army is calling. I'd get the hell out of there too and probably most of the Taliban.
Posted by: Shomoling the Tiny7824   2009-05-09 16:43  

#2  rw, it must be from the military ops. No one would flee from the Taliban, unless they weren't pious enough. After all, Islam is a religion of peace and tolerance.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2009-05-09 15:48  

#1  are you sure it's from the military ops or the Taliban moving in?
Posted by: rabid whitetail   2009-05-09 10:03  

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