Aug 23 On the Ground in Pakistan Amid the Flood Crisis By Jeffrey Kaye Special correspondent Jeffrey Kaye is reporting for the NewsHour in Pakistan this week on the flood crisis there. Kaye gives Hari Sreenivasan an overview of his reporting plan and provides a written dispatch from Islamabad below. ISLAMABAD |… Continue reading
Aug 23 More Aid Heading to Pakistan; FDA Chief Calls for Preventative Powers Pakistani flood victims stand in line for food in Sukkur on Monday. Photo by Asif Hassan/AFP/Getty Images. The United Nations said Monday that it has now raised about 70 percent of the $460 million it needs to provide… Continue reading
Aug 23 Watch Pakistani Aid Effort Hurt by Scale, Terrain, Instability As millions of Pakistanis struggle to meet their basic needs due to widespread flooding, aid groups are running into significant challenges trying to help them. Judy Woodruff talks to Daniel Wordsworth, CEO of the American Refugee Committee, about the myriad… Continue watching
Aug 23 Watch Photographer: New Orleans’ Deep Roots Bolstered Katrina Recovery Photographer Mario Tama of Getty Images shares some images he has captured of New Orleans and its residents in the five years since he first documented Hurricane Katrina's profound effects on the city. Continue watching
Aug 23 Watch In Pakistan, Years of Future Hardship in Water’s Wake Floodwaters are moving south in Pakistan but trouble is possibly brewing in the unstable north as well. Special correspondent Saima Mohsin reports on the ongoing humanitarian crisis. Continue watching
Aug 20 Watch Pakistani Official: The World Should Stand by an Ally in Its Hour of Need Judy Woodruff interviews Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi about what his country needs to help it recover from the massive floods. Qureshi addresses possible donor reluctance by saying most Pakistanis oppose militant groups, and they need relief in the… Continue watching
Aug 20 Watch Cholera Death Raises Fears in Flood-Ravaged Pakistan Shortages of food and water are still prominent in flooded areas of Pakistan, however more aid arrived from neighboring countries. An aid plane landed in Punjab from China, and Pakistan accepted $5 million aid offer India. Continue watching
Aug 20 Watch News Wrap: 3 Coalition Troops Killed in Afghanistan In other news Friday, three more coalition troops were killed in Afghanistan bringing the monthly death toll for international troops up to 31. In Iraq, an al-Qaida group has claimed responsibility for a Tuesday bombing that killed 61 people. Continue watching
Aug 19 Watch Holbrooke: Donations Offer Leverage Over Pakistan Floods; Need Still Enormous U.N. and U.S. officials declared the Pakistan flooding to be worse than the 2004 Asian tsunami, the 2005 Pakistan earthquake and the Haiti earthquake combined. U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke speaks with Jim Lehrer about the… Continue watching
Aug 19 Slide Show: Disease Outbreaks Feared as Pakistan’s Floodwaters Spread By Talea Miller As the flooding in Pakistan continues to spread, more than 1,500 people have died and millions are homeless, many without access to clean water. The risk of disease outbreaks among the displaced population is high, said UNICEF's Robin Nandy. He… Continue reading