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Posted: May 15, 2009 |
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More than 500,000 civilians have been internally displaced by military operations against the Taliban in Pakistan's Northwest Frontier Province. Many of the displaced have moved in with friends or relatives, but more than 70,000 are living in camps with that number expected to rise.
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Produced by: Tim Irwin of U.N.H.C.R. |
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| Civilians leave Buner, Pakistan, on May 8. Pakistan's top military spokesman said that day that more than 140 militants had been killed during a full-scale offensive to crush extremists in the Swat Valley during the previous 24 hours. |
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Speaking: Tim Irwin, U.N. Refugees Agency
Photo Credit: Tariq Mahmood/AFP/Getty Images, Audio Credit: Larisa Epatko |
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