Over 181,000 have fled recent NW Pakistan fighting: UNHCR
"The number of people displaced by an ongoing government security operation in northwest Pakistan has now surpassed 181,000," said a statement from the office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
The agency said that about 10,000 new arrivals were being registered daily by officials at the Jalozai camp near Peshawar.
"The vast majority of those registered - 85% - choose not live in the Jalozai camp, opting instead to stay with friends, relatives or in rented accommodation," said the UNHCR.
The body said it had distributed more than 37,000 humanitarian kits and other UN agencies, including Unicef and the World Health Organisation (WHO), were also providing aid.
The fighting started on January 20 when government troops attacked militant groups in the Khyber region.
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There only sin they are Pukhtun
@Ahmad Usman: Dear operations are good as for as they kill the terrorists like one done in Swat. But the current operation by Pakistan Army in FATA is meaningless because it is not targeted towards the terrorists but it is just Arial Bombardment on Villages. The only effective operation in FATA is the Drone attacks which kill most of the leaders of AlQaeda and TTP and which helped a lot in reducing the bomb blasts done by Human Drones of TTP and AlQaeda.
@Ahmad Usman: Its not about US interests .. Why can't people see basic reason behind all this mess .. Our own people led by mullahs used to cross Western border at will to kill and fight for decades .. No one ever respected it ... Why can't people live peacefully instead of being warmongers. Who doesn't know the fact that a Mullah from Swat led thousands of our own misled youth to cross over to Afghanistan to be killed when all of these so called Mullahs were as usually escaping back to take refuge? If these people are really peace loving human being they should live like that with example .. No wonder people like Ghaffar Khan and Ghani Khan used to despise these coward political mullahs
@Maryam: Thanks Maryam but No one will come to the rescue of these people unless and until Pukhtuns themselves realize this. There is no single Dharna/Jalsa/Protest against Taliban and Bomb Blasts in the whole Pukhtunkhwa while only a load-shedding brings thousands people to the streets in Lahore & Faisalabad. Pukhtuns are in deep sleep, sigh.
No more operation and warmfor US interets and for $$$.
Now these are the people who are really orphaned by the Pakistani State, Electronic Media, Popular TV Anchors, and Political Parties. Their only Sin is that they speak Pukhtu!!