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Jalalabad

A 7.6 earthquake hit the Pakistan-India border region on the 8th of October, 2005. Recent news articles mentioning Jalalabad .

ICRC – Bulletin No. 24 - South Asia earthquake Nov 28, 2005
Reuters AlertNet, This category of earthquake victim is the ICRC's priority; it will help wherever ... hospital in Muzaffarabad This week a medical team sent from Jalalabad by the ...

Pakistan - Earthquake: OCHA Situation Report No. 24 Nov 20, 2005
ReliefWeb (press release), ...camps: Old University Campus, New University Campus, Jalalabad camp, Agro ... organised camps that the Government has requested for earthquake-affected populations ...

US buys excess Afghan potatoes Nov 29, 2005
FreshPlaza, ...potatoes were then distributed to refugees from the Pakistani earthquake and to ... humanitarian assistance food to returnees in the Asadabad, Jalalabad and Parwan ...

Protesters baton-charged in earthquake relief camp Nov 12, 2005
Gulf Times, ...clubs against people living in an informal tent camp in the earthquake-hit city ... to move to properly administered camps, people living in Jalalabad Park, having ...

Pakistani police break up tent village protest Nov 11, 2005
Reuters AlertNet, ...canes against people living in an informal tent camp in the earthquake-hit city ... to move to properly administered camps, people living in Jalalabad Park, having ...

Earthquake relief: US watchdog pulls up Pakistan Nov 16, 2005
Newindpress, ..."The challenges of responding to the earthquake do not ... to forcibly evict them, witnesses told HRW that police arrived early on Friday at Jalalabad Garden camp ...

PAKISTAN: One month after earthquake and 500,000 still without ... Nov 8, 2005
Reuters AlertNet, ..."I know they were sleeping above their stall when the earthquake struck, but how can ... In Jalalabad Park a camp has sprung up with rudimentary toilet facilities ...

ACT Appeal Revision 1: Emergency Relief to South Asia Earthquake Nov 10, 2005
ReliefWeb (press release), ...in Karachi and sub-offices in Lahore, Mansehra, Islamabad, Murree Kabul and Jalalabad. ... and several volunteers involved in responding to the earthquake emergency ...

Pakistan - Earthquake: OCHA Situation Report No. 21 Nov 8, 2005
ReliefWeb (press release), ...humanitarian operations are on going approximately one month since the earthquake. ... registered in three child protection centres in Jalalabad, Chilabandi and ...

Afganistan: Ghazni farmers make profits from potatoes instead of ... Nov 28, 2005
FreshPlaza, ...food to returnees coming from Pakistan and Pakistan earthquake victims.". ... humanitarian assistance food to returnees in the Asadabad, Jalalabad and Parwan ...

Cold comfort for Kashmir quake victims in tent villages Nov 8, 2005
Reuters AlertNet, ..."I'm remembering this town from the time before the earthquake, and now ... Close to 400 tents are pitched at Jalalabad Park, next to the wrecked residence of Azad ...

Return of Afghan refugees entering new phase, says High ... Nov 23, 2005
Reuters AlertNet, ...the remote area known as the Tangi Cluster on the outskirts of Jalalabad. ... Guterres travels to Pakistan where he will visit UNHCR earthquake relief operations ...

`We Are Not Such Monsters' Nov 19, 2005
Los Angeles Times, ...mountain villages in the chaotic hours and days after the earthquake, he said. ... of establishing a surgical unit at the University of Jalalabad in Afghanistan to ...

Pakistan: Donors Need Accountability on Human Rights Nov 16, 2005
Reuters AlertNet, ...attempting to forcibly evict the earthquake survivors, witnesses told Human Rights Watch that police arrived early last Friday at the Jalalabad Garden camp and ...

Donors asked to insist on human rights protection Nov 17, 2005
Daily Times, Though the police denied attempting to forcibly evict the earthquake survivors, witnesses said police arrived early last Friday at the Jalalabad Garden camp ...

Pakistani police break up tent village protest Nov 11, 2005
Reuters AlertNet, ...in the earthquake-hit city of Muzaffarabad on Friday, after they protested against plans to make them move, witnesses said. The incident occurred at Jalalabad ...

Police Break Up Protest by Quake Survivors Nov 11, 2005
ABC News ...and rifle butts to break up a march Friday by earthquake survivors protesting ... Witnesses, however, said police arrived early Friday at the Jalalabad Garden camp ...

AJK police break up tent protest Nov 11, 2005
Pakistan Dawn, Nov 11: The AJK police on Friday baton-charged a rally of earthquake survivors who ... said around 250 people took out a procession from the Jalalabad tent camp ...

UN to immunize children in quake zone Nov 11, 2005
San Jose Mercury News, ...thrive in the crowded and sometimes squalid tent camps for earthquake survivors. ... But the camp, at the Jalalabad Garden park in Muzaffarabad, was quiet Saturday ...

Refugee Chief to Visit Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran Nov 21, 2005
PakTribune.com, On Wednesday, he will travel to the eastern city of Jalalabad, where he ... s emergency operations for the victims of the devastating 8 October earthquake, as well ...

Police break up quake refugees' march Nov 11, 2005
Independent, ...used canes and rifle butts to break up a march by earthquake survivors, injuring ... Earlier in the day, police had arrived at the Jalalabad Garden camp and told ...

Pakistan police, quake survivors clash Nov 11, 2005
Monsters and Critics.com, Pakistani police are reported to have clashed with about 200 earthquake survivors being ... Police had ordered the camp, known as Jalalabad Gardens, situated in a ...

Pakistani Police 'Lathicharge' Quake Victims Nov 11, 2005
SouthAsia Network, ...insult to injury, Pakistani police have baton charged about 200 earthquake victims who ... Police had ordered the camp, known as Jalalabad gardens, situated in a ...

Police baton charge quake survivors rally Nov 11, 2005
Islamic Republic News Agency, Police used batons on Friday to disperse a demonstration of earthquake survivors in ... Survivors in camp in Jalalabad locality of the capital city were chanting ...

Quake survivors protest eviction Nov 12, 2005
Edmonton Sun, ...and rifle butts to break up a march yesterday by earthquake survivors protesting ... however, said police arrived early yesterday at the Jalalabad Garden camp in a ...

UNHCR Head to Tour Asia Nov 19, 2005
Prensa Latina, From Kabul, Guterres will go to Jalalabad to visit recently returned refugees and ... operations in the zones destroyed by the October 8 earthquake, and meetings ...

US assistance to continue till completion of rehabilitation ... Nov 23, 2005
Pakistan Link, ...assistance to Pakistan till the complete rehabilitation of earthquake victims in ... Kabul and start transit facilities like Torkham near Jalalabad, which would ...

I'm no hero... I was only doing my best Nov 3, 2005
ic NorthWales, The earthquake struck both Pakistan and Indian-administered Kashmir on October ... Eventually, his party reached the field hospital in Jalalabad Park, Muzaffarabad ...

Pakistan, UN Immunize Young Quake Victims Nov 12, 2005
FOX News ...thrive in the crowded and sometimes squalid tent camps for earthquake survivors ... the camp, capital of Pakistan's portion of Kashmir.at the Jalalabad Garden park ...

Police break up protest by quake refugees Nov 11, 2005
Mail & Guardian Online, ...canes and rifle butts broke up a march on Friday by earthquake survivors protesting ... Police arrived early on Friday at the Jalalabad Garden camp in a public park ...

Quake survivors baton-charged Nov 11, 2005
Daily Times, MUZAFFARABAD: The police baton-charged around 250 earthquake survivors in Pakistani ... Pakistan’s President Musharraf visited the camp at Jalalabad Park, close ...

Helping Pakistan to improve life in relief camps Nov 17, 2005
Reuters AlertNet, ...importance of water and sanitation in camps for survivors of the October 8 earthquake. ... At Jalalabad camp, some 3,500 people are living in 400 tents in a park ...


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The Pakistani Red Crescent
The mission of the Pakistan Red Crescent Society as the leading non-governmental humanitarian organization, is to ameliorate the suffering of the most vulnerable people in distress without discrimination of nationality, race, religious belief, class, or political opinion.

Islamic Relief
Islamic Relief (IR) is an international relief and development charity, which aims to alleviate the suffering of the world’s poorest people. It is an independent Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) founded in the UK in 1984 by Dr Hany El Banna.

Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international independent medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural and man-made disasters, and exclusion from health care.

Oxfam International
Oxfam International is a confederation of 12 organizations working together with over 3,000 partners in more than 100 countries to find lasting solutions to poverty, suffering and injustice.

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies -- (800) HELP-NOW
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is the world's largest humanitarian organization, with 181 member National Societies. All our work is guided by seven fundamental principles; humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, unity and universality.


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