Pakistan Still Hosting Largest Number of Refugees: UN
15 June 2010
Few Of World's Refugees Opt to Go Home in 2009: UNCHR, Reuters Africa, 15 June 2010
EXCERPT: "The world's overall number of refugees - defined as those who flee conflict or persecution across international borders - was stable last year at 15.2 million. Developing countries were host to 80 percent of those refugees, led by Pakistan with 1.7 million, Iran with 1.1 million and Syria with an estimated 1.1 million. In addition to the 15.2...
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Millions of Children Still at Risk in North-West: Report
15 June 2010
Still at Risk: Internally Displaced Children's rights in North-West Pakistan, Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, June 2010
EXCERPT: "Approximately two million children have fled their homes during the current emergency in north-west Pakistan. Starting in 2008 and continuing in mid-2010, fighting between Pakistan's armed forces and militant groups has led to the internal displacement of more than 3.3 million people. The displacement...
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Aid Agency Closes Offices Following Kidnapping, Execution
15 June 2010
Mercy Corps Leaves South Pakistan, BBC News, 15 June 2010
EXCERPT: "The US-based aid agency Mercy Corps is pulling out of two southern Pakistani provinces for security reasons. Nearly 50 offices in Balochistan and Sindh are to be shut. The decision follows the kidnapping of four of the agency's local staff in February, allegedly by pro-Taliban gunmen. One has since been killed and a ransom is sought for the others. Mercy Corps told...
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Analysts Discuss Links between Kandahar, N. Waziristan Offensives
15 June 2010
Allies Wait Each Other Out as Militant Attacks Intensify, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 15 June 2010
EXCERPT: " [...] [R]egional expert and author Ahmed Rashid tells RFE/RL that the Pakistanis are unlikely to move into North Waziristan until they see the outcome of NATO's much-talked-about offensive in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar. [...] Perceptions in Islamabad are shaped by this spring's smaller NATO offensive...
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