A girl from the Bajaur tribal region is seen at a relief camp on the outskirts of Peshawar October 5, 2008. REUTERS/Ali Imam (PAKISTAN)From Reuters:
War has come to Pakistan, according to the international media, and it's the hundreds of thousands of civilians caught up in the middle of the fighting who appear to be paying the highest price.
Driving hundreds of thousands of people down from the mountains - even pushing some into war-torn Afghanistan - fighting between the Pakistani Army, the Taliban and tribal warlords in the tribal areas bordering Afghanistan amounts to an all-out war, according to Britain's Independent newspaper.
Around 200,000 people in the country's semi-autonomous tribal districts in the north west have had to flee their homes since mid-August, and many have been forced into camps the newspaper describes as "wretched", "fly-ridden" and poorly resourced.
"Life here is filled with sadness and grief," one 12-year-old boy told the paper.
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My Comment: Winter is just starting .... not a good time to be a refugee.