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UN Suspends Food Aid in Pakistani Tribal Region
VOA News 26 December 2010
Photo: AFP / Arif Ali
The World Food Program has suspended distribution of food in a Pakistani tribal region where a suicide bomber killed at least 45 people near a WFP center.
The U.N. agency's global media coordinator, Greg Barrow, told VOA Sunday the agency temporarily stopped all operations in northwestern Pakistan's Bajaur district for security reasons. He expressed hope the suspension will be short, adding that the WFP has every intention of resuming operations as quickly as possible.
A female suicide bomber threw a hand grenade outside the distribution center in the town of Khar Saturday before blowing herself up in a crowd of people waiting for food aid.
The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the bombing.
The group said it was aimed at members of an anti-Taliban tribe that supports the government's military operations against the militants. Children were among those killed, but no U.N. personnel were hurt.
Also Sunday, Pakistani officials said that a series of battles on the border of the Bajaur and Mohmand tribal regions killed 40 militants and 11 soldiers.
VOA | UN Suspends Food Aid in Pakistani Tribal Region | News | English
VOA News 26 December 2010
Photo: AFP / Arif Ali
The World Food Program has suspended distribution of food in a Pakistani tribal region where a suicide bomber killed at least 45 people near a WFP center.
The U.N. agency's global media coordinator, Greg Barrow, told VOA Sunday the agency temporarily stopped all operations in northwestern Pakistan's Bajaur district for security reasons. He expressed hope the suspension will be short, adding that the WFP has every intention of resuming operations as quickly as possible.
A female suicide bomber threw a hand grenade outside the distribution center in the town of Khar Saturday before blowing herself up in a crowd of people waiting for food aid.
The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the bombing.
The group said it was aimed at members of an anti-Taliban tribe that supports the government's military operations against the militants. Children were among those killed, but no U.N. personnel were hurt.
Also Sunday, Pakistani officials said that a series of battles on the border of the Bajaur and Mohmand tribal regions killed 40 militants and 11 soldiers.
VOA | UN Suspends Food Aid in Pakistani Tribal Region | News | English
