IDPs from Waziristan
Monday, July 6, 2009
The News International, Pakistan, Monday, July 06, 2009
According to media accounts, some 40,000 people have already been displaced from North and South Waziristan – in anticipation of a full scale operation there. Indeed, this process adds to the displacements that have been taking place from the area since 2002, when the military first entered it.
A fresh influx of IDPs from Waziristan would greatly add to the problems already being faced at IDP camps. Despite improved facilities at them, the situation of IDPs at them remains bleak. There is a lack of sanitation, of proper housing and of sufficient medications. A senior WHO official has warned this could lead to a major crisis in the weeks ahead, especially as the monsoon hits adding to the risk of all kinds of disease. We need to think ahead. If mass displacements do indeed take place in Waziristan, provisions need to be made for people coming down. Further on, we must also consider the future of Waziristan and ponder what can be done to bring it back to normalcy.
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According to media accounts, some 40,000 people have already been displaced from North and South Waziristan – in anticipation of a full scale operation there. Indeed, this process adds to the displacements that have been taking place from the area since 2002, when the military first entered it.
A fresh influx of IDPs from Waziristan would greatly add to the problems already being faced at IDP camps. Despite improved facilities at them, the situation of IDPs at them remains bleak. There is a lack of sanitation, of proper housing and of sufficient medications. A senior WHO official has warned this could lead to a major crisis in the weeks ahead, especially as the monsoon hits adding to the risk of all kinds of disease. We need to think ahead. If mass displacements do indeed take place in Waziristan, provisions need to be made for people coming down. Further on, we must also consider the future of Waziristan and ponder what can be done to bring it back to normalcy.
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Labels: IDPs, War on Terror, Waziristan
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