UN to withdraw staff from Pakistan
OPS_admin | Jan 01, 2010 | Comments 0
The United Nation is to withdraw a quarter of its international staff from Pakistan as the country descends further into violence.
At least 11 UN workers have been killed in Pakistan in the last year, and over 500 people have died in attacks since the army began an offensive against militants in the Taleban stronghold of South Waziristan in October.
In the latest deadly attack, 44 people were killed on Monday when a suicide bomber attacked a Shiite Muslim religious procession in the southern port city of Karachi.
UN security managers are seeking a reduction f up to 30 percent of its 250 international staff working in Pakistan, an official said, but the final number is expected t be lower
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