Refugee Crisis Clouds Pakistan's Anti-Taliban War -- Times Online
It is in refugee camps like Chotha Lahore, rather than on the battlefields of the Swat Valley, that the outcome of Pakistan's decisive showdown with the Taliban may be decided. The camp, near the town of Swabi, is sheltering some of the hundreds of thousands of Pakistanis displaced by the government offensive to drive the militants out of the Swat Valley and its surrounds. "The purpose [of the campaign] is to cleanse the areas of these miscreants and militants," Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi told TIME. "It will go on until it achieves its objective." But the Pakistani public's revulsion at the abuses of Taliban rule in the area could be eclipsed by anger at the catastrophic toll inflicted on the local civilian population by the military's campaign to oust the militants.
Read more ....
More News On Pakistan's Civil War
Pakistan Says It Is Stepping Up Attack -- New York Times
Pakistan soldiers swoop on Taliban stronghold -- Yahoo News/AP
Pakistani Army Pushes on Against Taliban -- Wall Street Journal
52 Insurgents Killed in Pakistani Operation -- Washington Post
Pakistan army: 1.3 million fled fighting in NW -- AP
Exodus from Northwest Pakistan Continues as Fighting Rages -- Voice of America
Pakistan steps up Swat Valley offensive -- ABC News (Australia)
Exodus from Pakistan's northwest as fighting rages -- AFP
Pakistani refugees escape Army offensive – and Taliban rule -- Christian Science Monitor
Refugees flood camps as Pakistan presses Taliban -- AP
U.S. drone attack kills at least 8 in Pakistan -- Reuters
Muslim leaders unite against the Taliban -- Washington Post
Pakistan flight resembles Darfur, U.N. official says -- L.A. Times
No comments:
Post a Comment