Pakistan Floods: Taliban Wants No Foreign Aid

[riju78]

The Pakistan Taliban has apparently urged the government to reject international aid for victims of the catastrophic flooding.


If foreign help is banned, the Taliban itself would provide the cash needed to deal with the worst floods in the country's history, according to spokesman Azam Tariq.
Claiming the aid groups are trying to enforce a Western agenda, Tariq said: "Pakistan should reject this aid to maintain sovereignty and independence."
Meanwhile, Pakistan's president has returned home to protests and anger.
Asif Ali Zardari has been heavily criticised for continuing his diplomatic visit to Europe while the lives of millions were being devastated.
The United Nations has said the natural disaster is worse than the 2005 Asian tsunami and Haiti earthquake in terms of the number of people affected.

Aid agencies warn that millions have been affected by flooding
Although 1,500 people have died in the heavy monsoon rains, the lives of at least 13.8 million have been badly affected.
The figure is more than the combined total of those affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the 2005 Kashmir earthquake and the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
With the flooding expected to spread south, officials said Mr Zardari is scheduled to visit flood-hit areas.
But the move will be too little, too late for some Pakistanis.
One trader in the town of Nowshera in northwest Pakistan said: "A government is supposed to be like a parent.
"If a parent leaves his children in trouble and goes on jaunts abroad, it is scandalous."


Dozens of protesters in the southern town of Sukkur, in Sindh, have also accused politicians of ignoring the stricken population.
Sindh has yet to see the full force of the deluge flowing from the north of the country south to the sea.
However, up to one million people have been rescued from low-lying areas.
Thousands of people have also fled the major central city of Muzaffargarh amid warnings swollen rivers could soon submerge the area.
In the north, families are trapped on slivers of land with a few belongings and livestock, totally surrounded by water.

The floods have been triggered by unusually heavy monsoon rain over the upper Indus river basin.
The waters have ploughed a swathe of destruction more than 600 miles long from northern Pakistan to the south.
Poor weather has grounded relief helicopters.
:: The Disasters and Emergency Committee has set up an appeal to raise money and received £7m in donations so far.
British boxer Amir Khan - whose family comes from Pakistan - has joined the calls to pledge cash, saying: "Day by day (the monsoon weather) is getting worse.
"It's just a shame to see that. Pakistan is a poor country, and you just feel for them because they need help."

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[somebozo]

These people also want no internet, telephone, television, education etc etc..serious who gives a S about them and press is affording them free publicity by publishing their views. These people are the biggest enemy and threat to Pakistan and watching Pakistani human capital perish in natural disaster is one step closer to their policy. Reject forigen aid so we can once again establish out madrassa camps..yeah right! go to hell!

 

[NWO]

It seems our problems never end. Kashmir, the economy, leadership, bombings, earthquake, and now this flood. Even our cricket team is doing poorly. And now, the Taliban jump in trying to increase their ranks.

They say a fresh spring always follows a cold winter.

 

[DesiGuy]

who cares about these dogs?? i say nuke them.
one nuke for each taliban.

And i am damm serious.

 

[P.kid]

who cares about these dogs?? i say nuke them.
one nuke for each taliban.

And i am damm serious.

Dude i hope your talkin bout a tactical nuke for every single one of them and not an actual nuke.

 

[rohailmalhi]

Who cares abt these bastards , animals No ever worst than animals ,fu*king as*h**es........
Y dont they go and use that same money to get them Effef up ...............

They should be hanged , upside down in a burning sun , giv then a injection to dilute there blood , and put a cut in there head , so tht they dont die easily......

 

[DesiGuy]

Dude i hope your talkin bout a tactical nuke for every single one of them and not an actual nuke.

nah, let's make small nuke for each Taliban. it should just have enough power to blow Taliban body in pieces. And that should be done in front of all the Taliban.

well, if it's not possible, than i got another idea.

tie them on tree and don't give them food/water for 2 days. after that, shoot them on head.

 

[rohailmalhi]

It seems our problems never end. Kashmir, the economy, leadership, bombings, earthquake, and now this flood. Even our cricket team is doing poorly. And now, the Taliban jump in trying to increase their ranks.

They say a fresh spring always follows a cold winter.

Dont worry brother , yeh time aata hay . All we need to do is to ask Allah for forgivness and ask Allah for Help ...........

and Inshaallah im confident that we will get out of this thing ........

 

[somebozo]

Why dont we bath them down in pig blood then shoot them in the head.

 

[Materialistic]

nah, let's make small nuke for each Taliban. it should just have enough power to blow Taliban body in pieces. And that should be done in front of all the Taliban.

well, if it's not possible, than i got another idea.

tie them on tree and don't give them food/water for 2 days. after that, shoot them on head.

A Uranium dipped bullet would be cost effective and easy to make.

But i think the best way would be to do it their way, Slaughter them all!!!!

Why dont we bath them down in pig blood then shoot them in the head.

They will die, if we just tell them, its pig blood!!!, provided if they have even a little bit of faith.

 

[blain2]

US aid winning friends in flood-ravaged Pakistan
By CHRIS BRUMMITT, Associated Press Writer Chris Brummitt, Associated Press Writer 58 mins ago

KALAM, Pakistan – U.S. Army choppers carrying emergency food and water buzzed over the swollen river and washed-out bridges, landing in the valley once controlled by the Taliban. They returned laden with grateful Pakistani flood survivors — newly won friends in a country where many regard America as the No. 1 enemy.

With Pakistan reeling from two weeks of flooding that has killed 1,500 and affected nearly 14 million people, the aid and rescue mission by the U.S. military gives Washington a chance to strengthen a sometimes troubled alliance that is crucial to fighting militancy in the region and ensuring a stable Afghanistan.

Besides helping those trapped by the high water, the U.S. assistance already is having another effect: The Pakistani Taliban denounced it and urged a boycott of Western aid.

Other U.S. relief missions to disasters in the Muslim world — including the 2005 earthquake in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir and the 2004 tsunami in Indonesia — were credited with improving the image of the United States, at least in the short term.

Now, as U.S. troops work side by side with Pakistani forces, the mission may relieve some pressure on the civilian government in Islamabad. President Asif Ali Zardari, who returned Tuesday to Pakistan, has been criticized for being abroad since Aug. 1, amid one of the worst natural disasters in his country's history.

The United Nations said hundreds of millions of dollars in international assistance would be needed. In Washington, the State Department announced an additional $20 million in flood relief, bringing the total U.S. aid in the crisis to $55 million.

A spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban, which has attacked international aid workers in the past and has long opposed foreign assistance, said it would fund relief efforts.

The foreign aid "is deceiving the nation. It will not reach the affected people, but will be pocketed by corrupt rulers," Azam Tariq told The Associated Press by telephone, adding that the disaster was God's punishment to Pakistanis for accepting secular leaders.

Highlighting the stakes for Pakistan and the United States is the quick work in badly affected areas by hard-line Islamist charities, including one with alleged militant links. With civilian authorities overwhelmed, concerns are rising that the disaster will build support for the extremists and perhaps even undo recent security gains against the militants.

The U.S. assistance is focused in the Swat Valley, which was under Taliban control until a Pakistani army offensive last year. Since then, it has been trying to rebuild with the help of the international community, which does not want the militants to return.

On Tuesday, four Chinooks — which can carry 100 people or 12,000 pounds of relief supplies — and two Blackhawks flew in from Bagram air base in Afghanistan, where nearly 100,000 U.S. troops are battling a related Taliban insurgency.

The U.S. also deployed 84 troops needed to fly and maintain the aircraft, and the soldiers huddled on the tarmac shortly before the flights resumed Monday after being grounded for three days by bad weather.

"Pakistanis are trapped by the floods. You will do whatever it takes to bring them back to safety. That is your mission now," Col. Don Galli told them.

The helicopters soared over the Malakand Pass and into the Swat River valley, where they followed the waterway and passed over a dozen destroyed bridges and washed out roads. Mountains quickly rose up on either side of the aircraft.

They landed at Kalam, a town in the upper reaches of the Swat Valley that had been cut off for nearly two weeks. The floods destroyed dozens of buildings, including tourist hotels, and there was no food in the market and no electricity.

Pakistani soldiers supervised the unloading of the supplies and helped those who wanted to flee onto the U.S. helicopters.

"We have been waiting for this day for so long," said Habib-ur-Rehman. "The Americans are God-fearing people, too."

Another man who was named Saddam Hussein in honor of the Iraqi dictator later ousted by U.S. troops, said simply: "Thank you, America."

The passengers raised their hands up in prayer as the chopper took off and the Americans handed out muffins to the children and the elderly.

Because of the general hostility in Pakistan to the United States, the mission was potentially sensitive for both countries. But so far, there has been no media or public backlash against the U.S. mission. In the past, any reported increase in U.S. Embassy personnel or army trainers has caused an outcry.

While it is still early in the mission, the American effort has yet to generate much coverage in the local media. The U.S. Embassy invited local and foreign journalists onto the aircraft to report on the aid effort.

Hamid Gul, a former Pakistani spy chief who is normally virulently anti-American and a vocal supporter of the Taliban in Afghanistan, welcomed the U.S. assistance.

"If they are operating in flood-hit areas, let them do this rescue work," he said. "These Americans are not fighting."

The Americans are the guests of the Pakistani army on an air base in northwest Pakistan. Pleased to be out of a battle zone, all said they were being treated well. Their hosts have even installed Western-style toilets and air conditioners in their sleeping quarters.

Three Pakistani soldiers from the U.S.-trained and equipped Special Services Group travel in each chopper, along with an assistant pilot. The U.S. servicemen carry only side arms and most stayed on or near the aircraft during the short stay in Kalam.

Pakistani Maj. Waheed Zaman said the United States "performed wonders" after the Kashmir quake.

"As far as the army is concerned, we are very thankful," he said.

The U.S. Army staged a much larger aid operation in Indonesia after the tsunami, contributing to positive views of America. One village even named its main street after then-President George W. Bush. During the operations, the U.S. also began restoring ties with the Indonesian army that had been frozen due to human rights concerns.

The floods come at a delicate time in relations between U.S. and Pakistani forces. Ties had been improving, but were dented somewhat by the leak of classified military documents that showed past contacts between Pakistan's spy agency and the Afghan Taliban.

Teresita Schaffer, director of the South Asia program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said the relief mission was "just the kind of thing the United States ought to be doing" because it show Pakistanis that America cared.

"The main reason is to help a friend in need, but that does not mean you should not be aware of the potential good side effects," she said.

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Associated Press Writer Rasool Dawar in Peshawar contributed to this report.

 

[Avatar]

It seems our problems never end. Kashmir, the economy, leadership, bombings, earthquake, and now this flood. Even our cricket team is doing poorly. And now, the Taliban jump in trying to increase their ranks.

They say a fresh spring always follows a cold winter.

All this going on and yet you're concerned about cricket.

 

[Cityboy]

taliban is using foreign made arms like Ak and stinger and then want no foreign aid. Lol. What hypocracy. Finish them all .

 

[somebozo]

taliban is using foreign made arms like Ak and stinger and then want no foreign aid. Lol. What hypocracy. Finish them all .

And not to forget the forigen monetory aid to buy this stuff!

US aid winning friends in flood-ravaged Pakistan

By CHRIS BRUMMITT, Associated Press Writer Chris Brummitt, Associated Press Writer 58 mins ago

KALAM, Pakistan – U.S. Army choppers carrying emergency food and water buzzed over the swollen river and washed-out bridges, landing in the valley once controlled by the Taliban. They returned laden with grateful Pakistani flood survivors — newly won friends in a country where many regard America as the No. 1 enemy.
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This is very important as most of the anti-americanism comes from the illetrete poor masses of northern pakistan. Good to see americans capitalize on this oppurtunity to generate good will.

The janglee mullahs always hide their agenda behind seeming innocent and positive achievements of helping the community. So if someone raises any concerned, hundreds of mouth will shut him up point at the assistance these mullahs have provided to the community. Eventually mullahs rise to power through these dirty tactics and then people suffer. Where will these moron talibans bring choppers and small boats to resuce the victims??

I really hope no taliban terrorist would aim a chopper with rpg in a show of publcity and create a massive backlash. I think as a show of solidarity, we should behead these taliban terrorist at public squares to create a massive fear against aiding them by any means. A softer version could be firing squad or public stoning.

 

[Luftwaffe]

So what sort of help did arrive from the tour of france and uk??
And Thankyou us of a you always have helped globally any country in times of disasters.