MANILA, 5 April 2010 (IRIN) – Muslim separatists waging a bloody insurgency to carve out an independent Muslim state in the southern Philippines are warning of fresh violence after rejecting an offer for limited autonomy from the government. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘fighters’
PHILIPPINES: Risk of fresh violence puts IDPs in danger
Posted in Civilian Casualties, Crossfire Deaths, Displacement, Government, Insurgents, Internal Displaced Persons, Philippines, Property Damage, Refugee Camps, South Asia, tagged fighters, IDP camps, IDPs, peace process, Philippines. civilian casualties on April 5, 2010|
AFGHANISTAN: ‘In Afghanistan, where is the truth?’
Posted in Actors, Afghanistan, Air Strike, Central Asia, Civilian Casualties, Compensation, Country, Crossfire Deaths, Crossfire Injuries, Government, Insurgents, ISAF, Military, NATO/Allies, NGOs, Other, Region, Tactics, Taliban, Targeted Death, Targeted Injury, Type of Harm, tagged Afghan National Army, Afghanistan, airstrikes, Civilian Casualties, civilian deaths, Compensation, fighters, Insurgents, Kandahar, militants, Nato, NGOs, Pandwai, Taliban, Zangabad on August 3, 2009|
BY Colin Freeze
Kandahar — From Saturday’s Globe and Mail Last updated on Monday,
Aug. 03, 2009 03:39AM EDT
Abdullah Shah weeps as he tells the story of Oct. 24, 2006. “Allah saved me,” he says. “But I wish I was killed that night too, with my family.” (more…)
PAKISTAN: Trying to Heal, Pakistan Valley Fears New Battles
Posted in Actors, Central Asia, Country, Government, Insurgents, Military, Pakistan, Region, Taliban, tagged airstrike, Asian Development Bank, checkpoints, Dir, fighters, Insurgents, Malakaland, militants, Mingora, Pakistan, Pakistani military, suicide bombers, Swat Valley, Takhtaband, Taliban, United Nations, United States Agency for International Development, USAID, World Bank on August 3, 2009|
By JANE PERLEZ and PIR ZUBAIR SHAH Published: August 2, 2009
MINGORA, Pakistan — Schools have officially reopened. Soldiers stand guard at checkpoints and have established a semblance of order. Many thousands have returned here to a town that is mostly intact, if still under a military presence. (more…)
