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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR condemns bomb attack in Pakistan's Jalozai camp hosting internally displaced people]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR is appalled by the bomb attack that took place yesterday (Thursday) in a camp for internally displaced people in northern Pakistan. The attack was in the Jalozai camp near Peshawar in Pakistan's...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[New Year heralds fresh beginning for Rwandan refugees leaving Pakistan]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Muhammad Saeed, who was stranded in Pakistan when genocide erupted in his homeland, flew home with his Rwandan wife and four children born in exile.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 2 Jan 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Afghan returns pass 50,000 in first eight months, up on last year]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Some 40,000 of them came from Pakistan and just over 10,000 from Iran. 
About a third of the returnees went to the provinces of Kabul and Nangarhar.
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<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[For those forced to live under canvas, a simple solution to a searing problem ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[In North-West Pakistan, work is underway to improve the living conditions of thousands of families living in a settlement for the internally displaced. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[New homes offer new lives for flood victims in Pakistan]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR and local authorities hand over ownership of 400 new one-room homes to a fishing community in Pakistan left homeless by devastating floods in 2010.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[In Pakistan, free clinic for refugees uncovers effort to save girl's sight]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[At a weekly clinic for Afghan refugees in the city of Karachi, doctors work to keep a young girl from going blind in one eye, an impairment that could affect her life. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Number of people displaced by fighting in north Pakistan tops 180,000

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<description><![CDATA[UNHCR has distributed more than 37,000 humanitarian relief kits as part of an inter-agency effort to support the government's efforts to help the displaced. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Displaced from fighting in northwest Pakistan exceed 181,000]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The number of people displaced by an ongoing government security operation in northwest Pakistan has reached 181,021. Significant numbers of new arrivals from Khyber Agency are approaching UNHCR at the...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR assisting thousands displaced by security operation in Pakistan ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR, together with other UN agencies, helps thousands of people who have fled fighting in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[More than 100,000 flee fighting in Northwestern Pakistan this year]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[As part of an interagency humanitarian response, UNHCR is assisting thousands of families in Pakistan who have fled fighting in a parts of the country's Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA), which...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Pakistan, UNHCR agree new regional approach to Afghan refugees]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR chief António Guterres met with Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar to discuss the new strategy.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 2 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[For an Afghan refugee family, reports from home spur a return]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Though born and raised in Pakistan, the pull of home is still strong for a young Afghan refugee and his family. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 5 Jan 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[For Afghan refugee miners, bright dreams beckon from the depths]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[In the mines of Pakistan's Balochistan province the many of the workers are Afghan refugees. Despite the physical demands of the job, the men are grateful to be able to support their families. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[In a Pakistan medical centre, pauper patients benefit from refugee initiative]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The Refugee Affected and Hosting Areas seeks to aid Afghan refugees through projects that bolster sectors such as health, water and sanitation.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Survey of Afghan refugees in Pakistan will help plot future course ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The Population Profiling, Verification and Response exercise has interviewed more than 60,000 Afghan households. It will continue until the end of 2011.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Voluntary returns to Afghanistan - over 60,000 this year]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The number of Afghan refugees returning home from Pakistan, Iran and other countries under UNHCR's voluntary return operation has exceeded 60,000 to date in 2011. 43,000 of these are from Pakistan and...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Return figures to Afghanistan down to 60,000 in first 10 months]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Some 60,000 Afghan refugees return home with UNHCR help in the first 10 months compared to more than 100,000 over the same period in 2010.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Pakistan floods bring further pain to a life marked by loss]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Imya Kolhu's life had already been touched by tragedy before her home was inundated. The floods snatched away what little hope she had for the future.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Pakistan floodwaters recede, urgent humanitarian needs remain ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[More than a month after floods hit the provinces of Sindh and Balochistan, families are still living in makeshift shelters by the side of the road.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 5 Oct 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR steps up assistance to Pakistan flood victims]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR teams are distributing tents and other emergency aid to families displaced by severe flooding in Pakistan. More than five million people have been affected by this year's floods and government estimates...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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