Pakistan: Ruined Farmers Say Children Won't Go to School

Inter Press Service by Ashfaq Yusufzai | Aug. 6, 2009 (Special Report)

PESHAWAR, Aug 6 (IPS) - Fertile Swat's famous orchards of peach, plum and apple were just starting to ripen when the Pakistan military launched an air and land attack on Taliban fighters in end-April, uprooting tens of thousands of civilians. Full Story »

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Subjects: Education, World, Business
Topics: Pakistan, Refugees, Farming
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Posted by: Posted by Susan Alexander - Aug 6, 2009 - 3:07 AM PDT
Reviewed by: Susan Alexander (review), Walter Garcia (review), Fabrice Florin (review)
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Edited by: Fabrice Florin - Aug 6, 2009 - 12:34 PM PDT
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Looks at the real impact of conflict on livelihoods, gives you a vivid sense of the realities for local people.

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