Latest from Pakistan: "Like Bosnia and Rwanda"

More than two million people have been displaced by the fighting between Pakistani forces and Taliban militans in northwestern Pakistan. 

 

As the crisis deepens, the IRC is racing to meet the basic lifesaving needs of thousands of families.  But relief funds are scarce and time is running short, says IRC country representative Mike Young, who compares the current scale of displacement in Pakistan to the wars in Rwanda and Bosnia.

 

“Any support given to the IRC reaches the displaced quickly and directly,” Mike says. “We’re already providing assistance to the displaced in all major areas, but we fear that unless the humanitarian appeal is answered very soon, the conditions for the displaced will gravely deteriorate and their frustrations will start to spill over into more violence.”

 

You can read the latest report from IRC emergency teams in Pakistan and learn how to help here.