UNITED NATIONS: United Nations agencies and their partners are providing assistance in northwest Pakistan, where the government estimates that more than 100,000 people have already been displaced by the latest military offensive against militants in South Waziristan region and the number could rise even further, UN sources here said.
According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the military operations in the tribal areas of South Waziristan have intensified since Saturday and resulted in considerable new displacements of civilians.
The authorities report that there are now a total of 106,800 internally displaced persons (IDPs) registered in the districts of Dera Ismail Khan and Tank in North West Frontier Province (NWFP).
"The humanitarian community estimates that over 170,000 people may be displaced as a result of the new military operations,” said the OCHA, which could bring the total number of IDPs to up to 270,000."
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