Dera Ismail Khan

...a partner agency of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has distributed around 9,000 tents in the district of Dera Ismail Khan, most of which have been set up in the gardens of host families, to relieve the burden on the hosts. In...

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...Ali Zardari is ready to surrender the powers to appoint services chiefs and dissolve parliament. Talking to media persons in Dera Ismail Khan, where he met internally displaced persons (IDPs) from South Waziristan, Gilani stressed that...

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...to fighting between security forces and militants, are checked by security personal prior to receiving relief supplies in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. The U.S. has urged Pakistan to persevere with its South Waziristan...

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...along the Afghanistan border due to fighting between security forces and militants, wait for relief supplies in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan. Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009. Helicopter gunships shelled militant hideouts in Pakistan's...

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...their villages due to heavy fighting between security forces and militants in Waziristan, wait for relief supplies in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. Pakistani soldiers battled Taliban fighters Wednesday in the...

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...with 30 other people. The journey was tough and people moved with great difficulty. It took us almost three days to reach Dera Ismail Khan and another two to get to Punjab. We are now staying with with my friend's family in Mianwali.

In this article: Taliban, Punjab, Al-Qaeda, and Mianwali

As with the Swat refugee crisis earlier this year, the demands of hospitality can be heavy. In a rural suburb of Dera Ismail Khan, Hayat Khan, 55, gives a tour of a cramped, mud-walled two-room home where he brought 10 members of his family to...

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