Ashfaq Yusufzai

Ashfaq Yusufzai is a Pakistani journalist who contributes to different media outlets like BBC, British Medical Journal, and the Inter Press News Service.

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Refugees Living a Nightmare in Northern Pakistan

In the vast refugee camps of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, civilians who fled the Pakistan Army's military offensive against the Taliban in the country's northern Waziristan Agency now …

By: Ashfaq Yusufzai ,; InterPressService

July 23, 2014

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Here Are the Real Victims of Pakistan’s War on the Taliban

What it means for a civilian population already weary from years of war is homeless, hunger and sickness.

By: Ashfaq Yusufzai ,; InterPressService

July 6, 2014

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Blocking NATO to Stop Drones

Celebrated cricketer-turned-political leader Imran Khan has threatened to block NATO supplies to Afghanistan through Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, where his party leads a coalition government.

By: Ashfaq Yusufzai ,; InterPressService

November 23, 2013

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Anger Soars Over Pakistan Attack

Peshawar - “Enough is enough. Pakistan should respond aggressively to these unprovoked and unwarranted NATO air strikes,” says local shopkeeper Muhammad Omar. Public anger is boiling over as the …

By: Ashfaq Yusufzai ,; InterPressService

November 27, 2011

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Pakistan: Gem of a Plan Against Taliban

Peshawar - Mining gems and other valuable minerals may provide, the Pakistan government hopes, alternate careers to militancy in the restive Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), bordering Afghanistan. …

By: Ashfaq Yusufzai ,; InterPressService

August 14, 2011

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Women Lose Livelihood Centres to Militants

Peshawar - Housewife Shahida Jabeen was devastated when she heard the news that she could no longer take sewing and embroidery classes at the local training centre in her …

By: Ashfaq Yusufzai ,; InterPressService

May 29, 2011

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More Attacks Feared as Militants Avenge Osama

Provincial Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain said the local government is demanding a decisive operation against militants responsible for the attack. "These acts of terror will …

By: Ashfaq Yusufzai ,; InterPressService

May 13, 2011

Education Falling Out of Afghan Refugees’ Reach

Peshawar, Pakistan - He is only 13 and a refugee in a not-too-hospitable country, but Ahmed Jamal already knows what he wants to do for the next decade or …

By: Ashfaq Yusufzai ,; InterPressService|Report

September 30, 2010

Pakistan’s Floods Leave Afghan Refugees Down and Out

Peshawar, Pakistan - When they are not looking forlornly over what used to be their homes or trying to find help for relatives who have fallen ill, many Afghan …

By: Ashfaq Yusufzai ,; InterPressService|Report

September 7, 2010

Flood Disaster Means Starting From Zero

Peshawar - “We swam the whole day to get hold of the elderly and women swept away by floodwaters,” recalled 27-year-old Shahid Ali of Charsadda district, one of the …

By: Ashfaq Yusufzai ,; InterPressService|Report

August 4, 2010

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