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Food Distribution To Pakistan Flood Victims Begins
The World Food Programme (WFP) has started food distributions to 35,000 families hit by catastrophic flooding in Northwestern Pakistan, which has also affected parts of neighboring Afghanistan.
PAKISTAN: IDPs Reluctant to Return
An ongoing UN survey of internally displaced persons from various conflicted-affected parts of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), adjacent to the Afghan border, has found that the main reasons they do not want to return are insecurity, damaged...
PAKISTAN: Lack of Assistance Angers Returning Bajaur IDPs
Thousands of people displaced by conflict in Bajaur Agency, one of seven tribal territories on the Pakistani-Afghan border, have returned to find damaged homes, limited services, sporadic fighting and little assistance from the government or UN agencies.
Suicide Bomber Kills 13 People in a Crowded Pakistan Market
Pakistani officials say a suicide bomber has killed 13 people in a crowded market. The victims include a mayor who formed a militia to fight the Taliban. The bomber attacked the market outside the northwestern city of Peshawar Sunday as shoppers purchased...
Pro-Taliban Cleric, Sufi Mohammad, Arrested in Pakistan for Helping Militants
Pakistan has arrested a pro-Taliban cleric, Sufi Mohammad, for helping militants and undermining the government’s anti-terrorism campaign in a northwestern region. The hard-line Pakistani religious leader, Sufi Mohammad, went missing three months...
Iranian Diplomat Heshmatollah Atharzadeh Kidnapped in Pakistan
Iranian diplomat Heshmatollah Atharzadeh has been kidnapped by armed men in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Thursday morning, police have said. The diplomat’s car was ambushed in the tribal region bordering Afghanistan.
Bhutto’s Widower Asif Zardari Wins Pakistan Presidency
Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, has won a sweeping victory in Pakistan’s presidential election. The election was called after Pervez Musharraf resigned rather than risk being impeached, BBC reports.
Truck Drivers Hauling Fuel And Other Goods Report Threats By Pakistani Taliban
Afghan truck drivers who haul fuel and other goods through Pakistan’s tribal areas tell RFE/RL that Pakistani Taliban have threatened reprisals against anyone carrying gasoline, diesel fuel, or kerosene into Afghanistan.
