Friday, May 15, 2009

DTN News: Pakistan TODAY May 16, 2009 - Thousands Displaced People Fleeing A Military Offensive In The Swat Valley

DTN News: Pakistan TODAY May 16, 2009 - Thousands Displaced People Fleeing A Military Offensive In The Swat Valley
(NSI News Source Info) PESHAWAR, Pakistan - May 16, 2009: Internally displaced men, fleeing a military offensive in the Swat valley, stand in line for supply rations at a UNHCR (United Nations High Commission for Refugees) camp, in the outskirts of Peshawar May 15, 2009. U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees says Pakistan needs massive international help for hundreds of thousands of people displaced by fighting in the Swat valley to avert a tragedy.
People flee a military offensive in the Swat valley approach in Dargai, located in the Malakand district, about 165 km (100 miles) north west of Pakistan's capital Islamabad, May 15, 2009. Pakistani authorities temporarily lifted a curfew on Friday to enable thousands of people to flee the fighting in the militant bastion of Swat and join more than 800,000 who have already left.

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