U.N. Moving Many Foreign Workers Out of Pakistan

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Source: NYT

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The United Nations is moving as many as 60 foreign employees, or about one-quarter of its international staff, out of Pakistan for at least six months out of safety concerns, a United Nations official said Thursday.

The decision, which does not apply to the organization’s 2,700 Pakistani employees, will be re-evaluated in three months, the official said. Improvements in the country’s security could shorten the relocation.

The move is the latest sign of Western fears raised by intensified terrorist attacks in recent months throughout the country, including in better-guarded interior areas like the garrison city of Rawalpindi and the capital, Islamabad.

Militants based in northwestern Pakistan have escalated their terrorist attacks in retaliation for a Pakistani military offensive in the South Waziristan tribal area that began this fall. Two months ago the United Nations said it was withdrawing international workers from northwestern Pakistan.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/01/world/asia/01pstan.html

[Solly Mack]

1. k/r

[optimator]

2. probably more afraid of USA bombs than terrorists

since we happen to be blowing up so many civilians lately.

[cayanne]

3. Take the nukes out of there too

I'm afraid of Pakistan falling along with their nukes.