Pakistani

Public support for Pakistan’s military offensive against the Taliban may waiver as refugee numbers reach one million says Associate Professor Shahram Akbarzadeh.

12 May 2009, 1.40 PM
Public support for Pakistan’s military offensive against the Taliban may waiver as refugee numbers reach one million says Associate Professor Shahram Akbarzadeh.

The Pakistani Government and global aid community can’t address the needs of these refugees; it could result in a large pool of people who could easily be recruited into the Taliban says Associate Professor Akbarzadeh.

“There is a big risk that public opinion could turn against the Pakistani Government because of its bad management of this war, these military advances have resulted into over a million refugees and the Pakistani Government and aid agencies are woefully under prepared for this,” he says.