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May 19, 2009, 15:52 GMT

US to provide 100 million dollars in aid to Pakistan

Washington - The United States will provide Pakistan more than 100 million dollars in humanitarian relief for those who have been forced to flee the fighting in the Swat Valley, US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday. The money is meant to provide food and refugee aid to the 1.45 million people estimated by the UN to have abandoned their homes as fighting between government forces and Taliban militants intensified in recent weeks. 'I am confident that Pakistan's institutions and citizens will succeed in confronting this humanitarian challenge if the international community steps up and provides the support that is needed,' Clinton said at the White House. The 110 million dollars will go toward food and water, relief kits, tents, FM radios and generators. There have been worries in Pakistan that the broad political support against the extremists could weaken if the humanitarian crisis worsens. The United States has urged Islamabad to take a stronger fight against the Taliban. Clinton said the new money comes on top of 60 million dollars in humanitarian aid approved in August.

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