Taliban wage attacks on Pakistani police as flood crisis continues to devastate country
BY
Sean Alfano
Wednesday, August 18th 2010, 8:07 AM Pakistan's flood nightmare could be a dream for the Taliban. As a fifth of the country battles the worst natural disaster in its history, Islamic insurgents have waged attacks on police and civilians, attempting to exploit Pakistan's embattled government. "As the police force is busy in rescue and relief work for flood affectees, militants tried to take advantage of the situation to attack Peshawar," said Peshawar's police chief, Liaqat Ali Khan. “But the police force was fully alert and vigilant.”
Of the $459 million the U.N. has asked for, more than half has been sent, a spokesman said. The crisis has been deemed more severe than the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and earthquake in Haiti that devastated the Caribbean country in January, the U.N. said. The militia members were killed on their way to a mosque in Peshawar, northwest Pakistan's largest city, police said. Shortly after, militants attacked police posts in and around the city. With News Wire Services © Copyright 2010 NYDailyNews.com. All rights reserved. To subscribe or visit go to: http://www.nydailynews.com |