The Muddy Notebook » Pakistan http://muddynotebook.com Journalist Carolyn Davis blogs on humanitarian issues Sat, 04 Sep 2010 22:42:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en Remembering a consequence of conflict http://muddynotebook.com/?p=280 http://muddynotebook.com/?p=280#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:44:51 +0000 carolynthewriter http://muddynotebook.com/?p=280 This story from AlertNet, the humanitarian news service from the Thomson Reuters Foundation, looks at the impact on civilians of the fighting in Pakistan between the government and the Taliban. I do think that military force is sometimes needed to prevent a greater tragedy, though the situation in Pakistan is far too complicated, and I’m too unknowledgeable about it, to comment on this conflict. Still, as most of the headlines are about the Muslim extremists and the government in Karachi, it’s essential for news outlets to pay attention to how civilians, as usual, are caught in the middle.

Photo of Pakistani IDPs by Abdul Majeed Goraya/IRIN

Photo of Pakistani IDPs by Abdul Majeed Goraya/IRIN

A report on civilians impacted by the fighting comes from Refugees International.

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