Taliban Destroys Food Aid Meant For Pregnant Women
Local Taliban militants seized and burned thousands of kilogrammes of food destined for pregnant women from a hospital in South Waziristan, officials said on Sunday.
The food, mainly lentils and cooking oil, had been supplied by the aid charity Save the Children to feed pregnant women suffering from malnutrition.
A Taliban activist said they were destroyed because “foreign NGOs want to harm our future generations.” An administration official, Tariq Salim, said the Health Ministry officials had not consulted him before distributing food directly to the women. Meanwhile, in North Waziristan, three people were killed and five wounded when troops conducted “retaliatory” strikes on suspected militant hideouts in Mir Ali, local officials said. Several houses were destroyed in the strikes that came after militants hit a checkpost with a missile barrage. One soldier was wounded in the rocket attack late Saturday, they said.
(AFP)
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It is the same old thing: proof once again that we are dealing with a religious group that has yet to enter the FIRST century, little alone entering into the 21st…
November 26th, 2007 at 9:31 amGreat photo shoot. Nice how the “journalists” are gobbling it up while wearing dockers and levis. My, what a strange planet. Excuse me a minute while I suspend my disbelief.
November 27th, 2007 at 7:11 amIf they keep it up and there’ll be fewer kids to recruit for the Taliban and AQ.
November 29th, 2007 at 1:41 am