11-27-2007, 05:29 AM
<b>Militants in Waziristan set foodgrain on fire</b>
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->WANA, Nov 25: Local Taliban militants seized and burned thousands of kilogrammes of food destined for pregnant women in a tribal area of Pakistan, officials said on Sunday.
The food, mainly lentils and cooking oil, was taken from a hospital in the district of South Waziristan and had <b>been supplied by the aid charity Save the Children to feed pregnant women suffering from malnutrition.</b>
A Taliban activist said they were destroyed because <b>âforeign NGOs want to harm our future generations.â </b>People in the deeply conservative tribal areas often oppose the presence of Western-funded non-governmental organisations on religious and cultural grounds.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->WANA, Nov 25: Local Taliban militants seized and burned thousands of kilogrammes of food destined for pregnant women in a tribal area of Pakistan, officials said on Sunday.
The food, mainly lentils and cooking oil, was taken from a hospital in the district of South Waziristan and had <b>been supplied by the aid charity Save the Children to feed pregnant women suffering from malnutrition.</b>
A Taliban activist said they were destroyed because <b>âforeign NGOs want to harm our future generations.â </b>People in the deeply conservative tribal areas often oppose the presence of Western-funded non-governmental organisations on religious and cultural grounds.
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