October 24, 2005
Earthquake Aftermath
:Over two weeks after the earthquake, the horrors remain. After the disaster, where over 53,000 people are dead and another 75,000 injured, a second wave of death is beginning. Much of this can be attributed to a lack of water and other supplies for the victims. The UN is working on a ‘Berlin Airlift’ plan to bring the needed supplies to the region but aftershocks in the region and a lack of suitable infrastructure are compounding the logistical nightmare.
(Filed under: Natural Disasters, Asia, India, Kashmir, UN, Earthquake, Pakistan)
October 17, 2005
Earthquake Aftermath
:In Pakistan the death toll has risen to over 38,000 and in India it is over 1,350. Most of the deaths are centered in the Kashmir region, which has been a violently disputed territory controlled in part by both Pakistan and India. Both nations are rushing aid to the region with the support of the international community. The aid was delayed in part this week due to storms that turned the roads to mud.
(Filed under: Natural Disasters, Asia, India, Kashmir, Earthquake, Pakistan)
October 10, 2005
Earthquake
:A powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake near the Pakistan-India border Saturday reduced the disputed Kashmir and surrounding areas to rubble. Pakistan officially puts the number dead in Pakistan to 19,369 with over 40,000 injured (but it could soar well above 30,000). India has at least another 600 dead. The United Nations said that two and a half million people are homeless due to the disaster. The epicenter of the earthquake was centered in a remote part of the Hindu Kush mountains of Pakistan in the North-West Frontier Province, where at least 1,600 people perished. Within twenty-four hours of the earthquake, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf made an urgent plea for help for the nation. India has responded to that call and has offered to send aid despite the two nation’s hostility and distrust over issues surrounding the possession of the Kashmir region.
(Filed under: Natural Disasters, Asia, India, Kashmir, Earthquake, Pakistan)
September 10, 2005
Kashmir
:India’s prime minister announced on Monday that the nation would pull back from Kashmir (a disputed territory between India and Pakistan) if the militant infiltration and violence in India’s north ends. This came as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had a rare meeting with Kashmiri separatists from the All Parties Hurriyat Conference. This announcement comes about a week before the Pakistan and Indian meeting during the UN General Assembly in New York. Kashmir has been the main source of conflict between the two nations.