90,000 flee from South Waziristan fearing anti-taliban push: officials
Tens of thousands of civilians have fled from South Waziristan region fearing an imminent army offensive against Taliban militants, officials said Wednesday. “People are coming out of the area and around 90,000 people have left the area and have been shifted to safer places in Dera Ismail Khan and Tank,”…
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