Tag Archives : Waziristan

There have been several news in the recent months about US drone attacks against Muslim extremists in Pakistan that have incurred civilian casualties. These attacks, however, have been successful in neutralizing the radicals, as the Pakistani army and its allies have taken back the Swat valley from the Taliban resistance. Fighting has now moved to [...]

For the hundreds of thousands displaced by the fighting in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan, there has been very little actual assistance from both international NGOs and the Pakistani government itself. The numbers are mind-boggling: 200,000 additional internally displaced persons (IDPs) pouring in everyday into refugee camps. Pakistani [...]