Showing posts with label Swat Valley. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Swat Valley. Show all posts
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Pakistan Risks 'Human Catastrophe'
Thousands of civilians trapped in Pakistan's Swat valley, where the military is battling Taliban forces, face a "humanitarian catastrophe" unless help reaches them soon, a rights group has said.
Human Rights Watch says the military must lift its curfew of the area, which has been in place for a full week, and airdrop essential food, water and medicine to the 200,000 residents trapped there."The government cannot allow the local population to remain trapped without food, clean water, and medicine as a tactic to defeat the Taliban."
Human Rights Watch said it was getting persistent reports of civilian casualties from army shelling and aerial bombardments as well as reports that the Taliban is killing civilians. Tens of thousands of people remain in the region where the army is carrying out its campaign against the Taliban.
Read More At Al Jazeera
Human Rights Watch says the military must lift its curfew of the area, which has been in place for a full week, and airdrop essential food, water and medicine to the 200,000 residents trapped there."The government cannot allow the local population to remain trapped without food, clean water, and medicine as a tactic to defeat the Taliban."
Human Rights Watch said it was getting persistent reports of civilian casualties from army shelling and aerial bombardments as well as reports that the Taliban is killing civilians. Tens of thousands of people remain in the region where the army is carrying out its campaign against the Taliban.
Read More At Al Jazeera
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