UN Pulls Out...This Time in Afghanistan
Unable to protect its staff from Afghanistan's cascade of violence, the U.N. refugee agency on Tuesday pulled international workers out of the volatile south and east and suspended all aid to refugees returning from Pakistan.
The decision, taken after the weekend slaying of a 29-year-old French refugee worker, could affect tens of thousands of Afghans. A group of international aid organizations also said Tuesday it was considering a pullout from the south, raising fears the desperately poor region could become even more isolated.
"We are taking today a painful decision to temporarily reduce staff in the eastern and southern provinces," said Filippo Grandi, the chief of mission in Afghanistan at the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. "We will review the situation after two weeks."
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Matt's Chat
The UN lets the terrorists win again. Remind me, dear readers, why is it that we would WANT these fools running things in Iraq or anywhere else for that matter?Mark's Remarks
And, what cascade of violence? As far as I hear, the only real negative coming out of Afghanistan right now is the poor progress on the women's rights front....I do not see a cascade of violence.....Koffi and the boys are like the French...they see one small conflict, and whoop! there they go....leaving the US to handle everything, only to gripe when things don't go THEIR way....this group is unimportant, and totally useless at this point.
