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The ICRC in Pakistan

The ICRC distributes food to flood victims in Sibi district in Pakistan.

The ICRC began working in Pakistan in 1981 to assist victims of the armed conflict in Afghanistan. Its current operations focus on: visiting security detainees; assisting residents and displaced victims of armed violence; supporting the Pakistan Red Crescent Society; ensuring care of the weapon-wounded and the disabled; promoting IHL and support for humanitarian action. Read full overview

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Annual Report 2010

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