Posted by warvictims on November 2, 2009
rapped civilians caught up in shelling in Pakistan’s war
29 Oct 2009 10:44:00 GMT
Written by: Nita Bhalla
NEW DELHI (AlertNet) – Tens of thousands of civilians in northwest Pakistan need protection from fighting between government forces and Taliban militants and dozens are being injured by shelling and bombardments every day, aid workers said on Thursday.
The army assault in the ethnic Pashtun tribal region of South Waziristan on the Afghan border has so far forced almost 200,000 people from their homes, most of whom have fled since the fighting officially began on Oct. 17.
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Posted by warvictims on November 2, 2009
Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:52:13 GMT
Press TV
Pakistan’s military offensive against pro-Taliban militants in a northwestern tribal area has forced nearly 250,000 civilians to flee their homes.
As Islamabad’s military operation against pro-Taliban militants in South Waziristan entered its third week, Lieutenant General Nadeem Ahmad, chief of the government’s Special Support Group, told reporters on Sunday that between 244,000 and 250,000 people living in the region have migrated to the neighboring towns of Dera Ismail Khan and Tank for their lives. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by warvictims on November 2, 2009
(New York) – The Sri Lankan government’s proposal to create a committee of experts to examine allegations of laws-of-war violations during the conflict between the government and the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is an attempt to avoid an independent international inquiry, Human Rights Watch said today. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by warvictims on November 2, 2009
(AFP) – 28 October 2009
UNITED NATIONS — US drone strikes against suspected terrorists in Afghanistan and Pakistan could be breaking international laws against summary executions, the UN’s top investigator of such crimes said. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by warvictims on November 2, 2009
FEW WILLING TO BACK ARMY
‘There is constant fear in our minds’
By Haq Nawaz Khan and Karin Brulliard
The Washington Post
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, PAKISTAN — As Pakistan’s army battles with guns and jets to wrest control of the restive South Waziristan region from the Taliban, it remains unclear whether the military will have another kind of ammunition it desperately needs: the support of people who have lived in the militants’ grip for years.
Among refugees who were jostling for donated blankets last week in this dusty town in North-West Frontier Province, few dared to discuss the Taliban fighters controlling their villages. Several whispered that there was no graver offense than speaking against the Taliban and seemed fearful that breaching that rule would cost them once the offensive — which several referred to as an artificial “drama” cooked up to satisfy the United States — was over. Read the rest of this entry »
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