Australia Increases Aid, Provides $5 Million for Displaced Persons
23 November 2009
'Support for Pakistan's Internally Displaced People', Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) Press Release in Reliefweb, 21 November 2009
EXCERPT: "In response to an urgent call for support from the World Food Programme (WFP), Australia will provide a further $5 million to help people displaced due to conflict in North-West Pakistan. . . Australia and Pakistan are expanding the strategic dialogue between our...
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Pakistan Lagging Behind in Achieving Child Health Goals
23 November 2009
'"Pakistan Lags Behind in Achieving Child Health Goals"', Daily Times, 21 November 2009
EXCERPT: "Discussing the child health scenario in Pakistan, the PPA forum observed that unfortunately, Pakistan has lagged behind in achieving the child-health goals including basic immunization coverage, emphasising the need for vaccinations against illnesses like Rota-Virus-the second largest child-killer worldwide. Moreover infant...
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Pakistan to US: Don't Surge in Afghanistan, Talk to Taliban
23 November 2009
'Pakistan to US: Don't Surge in Afghanistan, Talk to Taliban', Christian Science Monitor, 22 November 2009
EXCERPT: "The Pakistani government has some advice the Obama administration may not want to hear. . . : Negotiate with Taliban leaders and restrain India. . . Pakistani officials worry that thousands of additional American soldiers and Marines would send Taliban forces retreating into Pakistan, where they're not...
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Defeating the Taliban in the Tribal Areas: The India Factor
23 November 2009
'Defeating the Taliban in Pakistan's Tribal Areas', Reuters Blogs // Pakistan: Now or Never? Perspectives on Pakistan, 22 November 2009
EXCERPT: "When the Taliban insurrection in Pakistan began in earnest, in 2004, the Pakistan army did not have enough troops in North West Frontier Province to combat the growing menace. It was not possible for the army and the paramilitary Frontier Corps to conduct operations without...
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Army Expands Operations, Battles Militants in Northwest
23 November 2009
, The Associated Press, 22 November 2009
EXCERPT: "Pakistani troops killed nearly 40 suspected militants Sunday in a series of operations in northwestern tribal areas near the Afghan border, officials said. . . Sunday's attacks, which could not immediately be confirmed, appeared to be targeting areas to which they escaped. The deadliest strike was in Shahukhel, a town in the tribal...
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