Pakistani troops arrive in Darfur
Eighty-five Pakistani troops arrived in Darfur during the past two days to bolster the strength of the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping force, known as UNAMID, deployed earlier this year to try to end the violence and suffering in the war-ravaged Sudanese region.
Expert teams from Germany and Switzerland are arriving in Pakistan to help retrieve 135 soldiers and civilians trapped by an avalanche in the northern Himalayan region, the Pakistani army says.