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Pakistan lifts curfew for residents to flee | ||
2009-05-10 | ||
The Pakistani Government is lifting a curfew in the northern Swat Valley to allow civilians to leave the area. The Government said the curfew would be lifted for seven hours - from 6:00am until 1:00pm on Sunday (local time) for the residents of two towns, Kambar and Rahimabad. The authorities said they should leave the area without bringing any weapons with them.
Aid agencies are already stretched to their limits by the number of displaced people. Pakistan Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani has described this offensive, which has now reached the region's biggest town Mingora, as a fight for Pakistan's survival. One man says he has had to flee his home three times this year, but he does not understand what is causing the conflict. "We are ordinary religious. We don't know what the cause of fight between army and Taliban. What is going on between them?" he asked. "Sometimes they have a ceasefire, sometimes they start fighting again, and we the ordinary people are suffering."
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Posted by:Oztralian |
#1 "We are ordinary religious. I'm confused. Should he be exempt because of his piety? But surely he understands that if he is not Taliban he is not religious enough, or else too religious for the Army. At any rate, he's clearly not doing it right. |
Posted by: trailing wife 2009-05-10 23:52 |