Posted in Afghanistan, Central Asia, Civilian Casualties, Displacement, Government, Gunfire, Insurgents, Internal Displaced Persons, Mortars, Pakistan, tagged Civilian Casualties, Displacement, militants, Mortar Shells, Pakistan, Pakistan military on April 18, 2011 |
Associated Press, By Nahal Toosi and Ishtiaq Mahsud
April 18, 2011
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — When a mortar shell killed three people at his neighbor’s house, Munir Khan knew it was time for him and his family to pack up and leave his village near the Afghan border.
In doing so, they joined around 1 million other people still displaced as a result of fighting between Islamist militants and Pakistan’s army.
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