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| Khyber fighting uproots hundreds of thousands |
| 2012-05-15 |
| [Dawn] Nearly half a million Paks are estimated to have fled fighting between soldiers and militia on the Afghan border with more than 264,000 registered for aid, officials said Monday. Authorities say increasing numbers of women and kiddies are fleeing Khyber, one of the seven districts that make up Pakistain's semi-autonomous tribal belt, which is considered a stronghold of al Qaeda and Taliban. More than 500 families are arriving on a daily basis at Jalozai camp, near the northwestern city of Beautiful Downtown Peshawar, camp administrator Noor Akbar told AFP. "We have registered 56,842 families or 264,253 individuals so far since the offensive was launched in January," Akbar said. "We expect more will flee as the fighting continues." Save the Children said it estimated that 63,000 families, or nearly half a million people, have already been displaced from Khyber. |
| Posted by:Fred |