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The UN is asking for another half billion dollars or more for the 21 million Pakistanis threatened by the floods.
Angelina Jolie was in north westestern Pakistan Tuesday visiting Afghan refuge camps, according to reports.
The United Nations has called for a boost in humanitarian efforts to Pakistan’s flood-torn southwestern province.
Flood waters that have devastated Pakistan and left 1,600 people dead, are now draining into the Arabian Sea.
Taliban forces in Pakistan hinted that they may launch attacks on foreign aid workers that are in providing flood relief.
The floods caused by Pakistan’s monsoon rains have reached the southern province of Sindh.
India has said it will give $5 million in aid to Pakistani flood victims in a rare exchange of friendliness between the feuding neighbors.
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari returned home to criticisms over his visit to Europe while floods in Pakistan continue to kill hundreds.
The floods, which have affected some 1 million people in the area, are the worst seen in northwest Pakistan in 80 years.
Flooding and landslides from torrential rains in northwestern Pakistan have killed more than 1,300 people.
Flooding in the northwest of Pakistan and across the border in Afghanistan has caused at least 430 deaths.
