40,000 displaced by violence in Khyber Agency
New waves of violence in the Tirah Valley have displaced more than 40,000 people according to the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) Disaster Management Agency (FDMA). The intensification of violence between non-state-armed-groups has forced thousands, mostly women and children, to flee the area of Khyber Agency to safer grounds in Peshawar, Kohat, and towards the camps of New Durrani in Kurram Agency and Jalozai camp in Nowshera District.
WFP chief says not withdrawing staff from Syria
The number of Syrians forced to leave their homes is rising daily, but the World Food Programme will not withdraw its staff and is holding to its plan to feed them despite the rising violence