Internally Displaced People
Die de facto Machtübernahme der Taliban in der Region Swat hat viele Bewohner zur Flucht veranlasst. Die norwegisch-pakistanische Ethnologin Farhat Taj berichtet aus einem Flüchtlingslager und beklagt das Desinteresse der Öffentlichkeit:
–––I wish to remind everyone in Pakistan that their support to the IDPs may also be in their self-interest. The support will send a message to the Taliban that society stands by the victims of their brutalities and reject their savage ways. Indifference towards the IDPs may embolden the Taliban, i.e. the latter will take the message that they can repeat what they did in Bajaur and that there is no one in Pakistan to challenge them. Society in Pakistan must condemn the Taliban with action and words. And this can begin by providing moral and material help for the IDPs from Bajaur.