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UN moving one-fourth of its foreign staff out of Pakistan | The United Nations has decided to move a quarter of its international staff (60 employees) out of Pakistan over fears of security concerns for at least six months. The decision, which does not apply to the organization's
2,700 Pakistani employees, will be re-evaluated in three months, according to
an UN officialofficial. Improvements in the country's security could shorten the
relocation. The move is the latest sign of foreigners' 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 Islamabad, The News York
Times reported. Militants based in northwestern Pakistan have escalated their
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. The presence of
Western organizations in Islamabad has already declined significantly, and most
diplomats and aid workers no longer venture out freely even in the tightly controlled
capital. The decision follows a very difficult year in Pakistan for the United
Nations. A dozen of its employees were killed here during 2009, including five
from its World Food Program, which was attacked in October by a suicide bomber
dressed in paramilitary fatigues. Another dozen were seriously injured during
the year. Two months ago, the United Nations ordered that 600 employees be moved
out of Afghanistan after a two-hour insurgent attack on a guesthouse in the capital,
Kabul. |
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